Rivka Neumann

Rivka Neumann (born 12 May, 1956) ia an Israeli actress.

Neuman started her acting career at the age of 15, when she left Kibbutz Mishmaroth, in order to pursue her desire for acting. She was accepted to Nissan-Nativ Acting Studio, one of the best acting schools in Israel, and graduated its preparatory and acting classes 4 years later.

In the many years of her acting, Rivka has performed on the stages of the most respected theaters in Israel: the Habima National Theater, the Cameri Theater, the Beit-Lessin Theater, the Khan Theater in Jerusalem, and the Beer-Sheva and Haifa Municipal Theaters.

In the beginning of the 1990s, Rivka decided to become an independent actress who enjoys maximum freedom to choose her acting roles.

Rivka Neumann has a unique ability to transform on stage, as is seen in the play “Devorah Baron” in which her character grew 35 years older in the duration of the play.

Neuman has played a wide variety of main and secondary roles in theaters, television and films, including comedies, dramas and romance. Rivka is also involved in independent productions, including students’, on a voluntary basis as part of her ambition to interact with the new generation of Israeli artists. Rivka also has a habit of sketching portraits and events that occur during the preparation of a play, some of which were presented in an exhibition in 2004. Neuman took the part of Adella in "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Lorca, Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carol, Angie in "Top Girls" by Carol Churchil, Anabela in "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" by John Ford, Bailke in "The Grand Prize" by Shalom Aleichem, Barblin in "Andorra" by Max Frisch, Bat-Sheva in "After the Holidays" by Yehoshua Kenaz, Bela Barlow in "Rubber Merchants" by Hanoch Levin, Bessie in "Marvin's Room" by Scott McPherson, Cherubino in "The Follies of a Day or The Marriage of Figaro" by Peter Turini, Chorus Leader in "Medea" by Euripides, Deirdre in "Remembrance" by Graham Reid, Elinor in "Abandoned Property" by Shulamit Lapid, Elizabeth Proctor in "The Crucible" by Miller, Hanzi Brand in "Kastner" by Moti Lerner, Isabella in "Measure for Measure" by Shakespeare, Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare, Kasandra in "The Lost Women of Troy" by Hanoch Levin, Katia in "The Storm" by Ostrovsky, Leila in "The Screens" by Jean Genet, Martha in "The Nest" by Franz Xavier Kroetz, Martirio in "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Lorca, Natasha in "Three Sisters" by Chekhov, Queen of Sheba in "The Queen of Sheba" by Samy Grunman, Rea in "Romulus the Great" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Sara in "Apples from the Desert" by Savion Liebrecht, Sofya in "Wild Honey" by Chekhov, The Houskeeper in "Doña Rosita" by Lorca, The Second in "Family" by Ravid Davara, The Sewer-keeper's Apprentice in "Beheading" by Hanoch Levin, Ursula in "The Fossil: Scenes from the Heroic Life of the Middle Classes" by Carl Sternheim, Wendla in "Spring Awakening: Tragedy of Childhood" by Frank Wedekind, Yonit in "The Murder of Pierrot" by Eran Baniel, Zippora Aharonovitz in "Devorah Baron" by Yehudit Katzir.

Neumann acted in several Israeli films, such at the trilogy by Assi Dayan: "Life according to Agfa" (1992), "An Electric Blanket named Moshe" (1995) and "The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum" (1997); and the films "Adama Meshuga'at" (2006), "HaAsonot Shel Nina" (2003), "Berlin-Yerushalaim" (1989) and as Mary in "Jesus" (1979).

Neumann received the Israeli Theatre Award for the best supporting actress in 2006, for her part in "Apples from the Desert".

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