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Samira Saraya

 

Works on


Country: Israel

T-Port Partner: The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University

Webpage: http://www.sarieli.com/polygraphshort

Saraya was born the 11th of 13 children. She began her nursing career at Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv in the oncology-hematology ward and held different positions at the hospital. In 2017, she won the Best Actress Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival  for her role in "Death of a Poetess” by Dana Goldberg and Efrat Mishori. Saraya won several awards for her performance in different stage plays. As a rap and spoken word artist, she is a member of the hip hop band "System Ali”.

Project in development

Filmography on T-Port

Polygraph

Yasmine (37), an openly lesbian Arab nurse living in Tel Aviv, finds out that her...

Polygraph // Gesher Film Fund

Yasmine (37), an openly lesbian Arab nurse living in Tel Aviv, finds out that her...