Rakefet Abergel

Rakefet Abergel

actress, director, writer

Rakefet Abergel was born on Aug 27, 1979 in USA. Rakefet Abergel's big-screen debut came with She's All That directed by Robert Iscove in 1999. Rakefet Abergel is known for Superbad directed by Greg Mottola, Jonah Hill stars as Seth and Michael Cera as Evan. Rakefet Abergel has got 37 awards and 50 nominations so far. The most recent award Rakefet Abergel achieved is Cordillera International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Rakefet Abergel plays is My Sister which will be released on Apr 25, 2014.

A native of Los Angeles, Rakefet Abergel is an award-winning American/Israeli actor, writer, director, and producer. She appeared in the movie Superbad with Jonah Hill, and as Adam Sandler's sister in Just Go with It . She can also be seen in the films My Best Friend's Girl opposite Dane Cook, with Halle Berry in The Call, and alongside Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington in the film, A Thousand Words. Rakefet also regularly guest stars on TV shows including Showtime's Shameless, New Girl, My Name is Earl, Bella and the Bulldogs, and iCarly.Her newest film, Boo, which she wrote, produced, and starred in, is her film directorial debut. (Previously she also directed various episodes of a web series called "Girls on Girls".) Boo won dozens of awards including Best Director, Best Female Filmmaker, Best Actress, Best Writer and more. It played over 70 festivals including the prestigious HollyShorts Film Festival and NewFilmmakers LA.The first film Rakefet wrote was the award-winning horror/thriller short film called Jax in Love, which she co-produced with executive producer & casting director Jory Weitz (Napoleon Dynamite). The film, directed by Oscar-nominated director Colin Campbell made the festival rounds and garnered Abergel ten Best Actress awards from a variety of film festivals including Nightmares Film Festival, Hollywood Horrorfest, GenreBlast Film Festival, and Oregon Scream Week. The film also won Best Original Screenplay, as well as over 30 awards for various aspects of the film.Rakefet also teaches Hebrew to children in Los Angeles and around the world, and works as an acting coach and mentor for kids and adults at Kid (F)Actor, a company she founded in 2010. Boo is the second production from Cyclamen Films, Rakefet's production company that produced Jax in Love.

  • Birthday

    Aug 27, 1979
  • Place of Birth

    Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

Awards

37 wins & 50 nominations

Cordillera International Film Festival
2020
Best Horror Film
Winner - Jury Award
Boo (2019)
Austin Revolution Film Festival
2019
The 'Tobe' Award - Best Genre Filmmaker
Winner - Festival Award
Boo (2019)
2019
Female Filmmaker of the Year
Winner - Festival Award
Boo (2019)
2019
Best Actor Director
Winner - Festival Award
Boo (2019)
2019
Best U.S. Genre Short
Winner - Festival Award
Boo (2019)
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