Melanie Peres

Melanie Peres
Melanie Peres

Melanie Peres (2008)
Born December 1, 1971 (1971-12-01) (age 39)
Berlin / West, Germany
Occupation Actress , Singer , Model
Years active 1989–present
Spouse Itay tiran

Melanie Peres (Hebrew: מלאני פרס‎; born December 1, 1971) is an Israeli singer, actress and model.[1]

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Life and career

Peres was born Melanie Mariam Thanee Frasch in (West) Berlin, Germany, named after the singer Melanie Safka to hippie parents Peter and Nurith Frasch. Her parents separated when she was three years old, Melanie was raised by her father until the age of fifteen when she moved to her mother with whom she immigrated to Israel in 1987. She has often mentioned in interviews that the move from Berlin to Nazareth was a traumatic experience. Although her mother was born in Israel, Melanie wasn't accustomed to the difference in mentality and didn't speak a word of Hebrew at the time of her immigration. She immediately enrolled in the Ulpan to study Hebrew and went to a local High-school but figured it was useless since she didn't understand a word. She left school and Nazareth to live in Tel Aviv at the age of 16 where she worked as a cleaner and a waitress until she began modeling in 1989. Peres started her long modeling career at the age of 17 on the cover of Israeli Magazine La Ischa. Later she was chosen as a contestant in the Israeli Beauty Contest "Face of the 80's" where she didn't make her mark but defied all when she quickly became a rising star in the Israeli Fashion World even without a crown. The photographers loved her chameleon-like ability to change from assignment to assignment. She traveled the world as a model until 1997 but has often expressed ambivalence towards her occupation in fashion. In an interview to Haaretz she called it "a Meat Market that leaves you scarred";[2] nevertheless she has also said that modeling saved her life since she had nothing to rely on when she immigrated to Israel and no financial support from her parents. Peres made her entrance on Israel's music scene with her broken Alto voice in 1998 and started acting in 2000 when asked why it took her so long she answered that it takes time to feel halfway comfortable in a language that isn't one's mother language. In 2006 the Israeli fashion brand Honigman asked her to represent their firm,[3][4][5][6] since then they developed a line inspired by her called Melanie Peres. She recorded a cover version of the Tears for Fears song Mad World in 2008 and was voted Israel's Sexiest Woman the same year.[7]

Music

  • 1998 duet Hebrew: הודעות‎; (aka Messages) with Yahli Sobol on Yahli's solo album (Hebrew: סוס ‎ (aka Horse).
  • 2006 the album Project 30 - written and produced by Sagie Tzoref and Elad Cohen which launched Peres's first hit single Hebrew: לרוץ מהר‎ (aka Running Fast), another duet with Yahli Sobol. Larutz Maher won Second Most Heard Song Of The Year in Israel and its video directed by Romi Abulafia starring Neta Garty won the Best Video Award.
  • In 2008 Peres released a cover version of the Tears for Fears song Mad World produced by Assaf Amdursky for the soundtrack of Reshef Levi's film Lost Islands.[8][9]

Television

In 2000 Peres made her debut in acting with a lead role in the TV movie Abba'le. She made several guest appearances on Israeli television in series such as Ha Burganim (aka The Bourgeoisie), Tik Sagur (aka Case Closed), Ha Chaverim Shel Naor (aka Naor's Friends), and Parashat Hashavua, where Peres played the role of Ronit Elkabetz's lover. Peres played one of the leading roles in the parody Telenovela Ba'am. In Tevat Noah (aka Noah's Ark), a TV series about group therapy, she plays a lead opposite Mark Ivanir.

Film

Peres played a UN volunteer in The Syrian Bride, the lead role in Different Sky,[10] and Naomi in Eitan Zur's film Hitparzut X aka Naomi,[11][12][13] written by bestselling author and theater director Edna Mazia. Naomi was selected in the Critics' Week category at the 67th Venice Film Festival in 2010 .

Personal life

Peres met actor Itay Tiran in 2007 and the couple married on October 31, 2008. They live in Tel Aviv.

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1169990/
  2. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127832.html
  3. ^ http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304782126&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull
  4. ^ http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517340179&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull
  5. ^ "Wind - Melanie Peres for Honigman". YouTube. 2009-09-21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEb4L94fl3M&NR=1. Retrieved 2010-05-14. 
  6. ^ "Snow - Melanie Peres for Honigman". YouTube. 2009-09-21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxM1uF7UfnA. Retrieved 2010-05-14. 
  7. ^ "רכילות - עוד לוקאלי nrg - ישראל בחרה בפרס". Nrg.co.il. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/7/ART1/731/346.html. Retrieved 2010-05-14. 
  8. ^ "Mad World - Melanie Peres | "מתוך "איים אבודים". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7D5TWXTtD4. Retrieved 2010-05-14. 
  9. ^ "אסף אמדורסקי קליפים וסרטונים - המאגר הגדול ברשת". Vclips.co.il. http://www.vclips.co.il/Clips/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A3+%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99. Retrieved 2010-05-14. 
  10. ^ "Different Sky- מלאני פרס, בשמים אחרים". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78DGfoe7ZO0&feature=related. Retrieved 2010-05-14. 
  11. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1015897.html
  12. ^ http://www.filmfund.org.il/page.aspx?section=656&mode=movie&itemid=2190
  13. ^ "התפרצות X: מישהי להרוג בשבילה - ספרים - גלריה - עכבר העיר". Mouse.co.il. 2009-04-21. http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1045,209,32675,.aspx. Retrieved 2010-05-14. 

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