Neta Riskin

Neta Riskin
נטע ריסקין‎
Born (1976-10-28) October 28, 1976 (age 48)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Neta Riskin (Hebrew: נטע ריסקין; born 28 October 1976) is an Israeli actress and journalist, best known for her role as Giti Weiss in the series Shtisel.[1]

Riskin coached Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman to speak Hebrew with an Israeli accent for A Tale of Love and Darkness.[2][1]

Riskin was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to secular Jewish architect parents.[3][4] Her mother was born in Israel. Her father, a Holocaust survivor, was born in Lithuania. Her grandfather, Asher Gliberman, was an Israeli architect who immigrated from Belarus.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Meet the accent coach who taught Natalie Portman to sound like an Israeli for new film". timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Neta Riskin - Tiferet Israel – A Traditional Congregation". tiferetisrael.org. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b L'Chayim: The Stars of "Shtisel"
  4. ^ "Meet the accent coach who taught Natalie Portman to sound like an Israeli for her new film - Jewish Telegraphic Agency". www.jta.org. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2018.