Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari (Hebrew: ×—× ×" × ×–×•×œ× ×™-×"ספרי‎; born
June 29, 1960) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter, playwright, film
director and a two-time winner of the Ophir Award. She is a women's
rights activist, and has dedicated her career promoting awareness
regarding social justice issues and cultural diversity. In 2015, she
was invited to speak at the United Nations headquarters in New York,
in honor of International Women's Day, where she presented a screening
of her film Orange People, in condemnation of child
marriage.Azoulay-Hasfari was born on June 29, 1960 in Beersheba,
Israel. Both of her parents immigrated to Israel from Morocco. She
studied at residential school called “Mae Boyar†in Jerusalem.
Upon completion of her high school education, Azoulay-Hasfari served
her compulsory service in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) in the
military theater. After her military service she went on to study
theater and acting at Tel Aviv University.In the early 1980s,
Azoulay-Hasfari left Tel Aviv University. She became one of the
founding members of the Simple Theater Group, a multi-cultural team
that enabled artists to express their cultural worldview and to become
the central focus of their projects. The theater group focused on
representing the real experiences of people within local history, such
as the first generation of holocaust survivors, and second generation
of Mizrachim in Israel. Azoulay-Hasfari worked on all aspects of this
theater group: She participated in fundraising, screenwriting,
production and acting.While working with the theater group,
Azoulay-Hasfari performed in many plays, including the play "Tashmad"
(1983), which won Best Play at the annual Acco Festival;
Azoulay-Hasfari won Best Actress. However, after many years of
success, The Simple Theater Group dissolved, and Azoulay-Hasfari moved
on to mainstream theater and cinema. Hanna Azoulay Hasfari Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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