Sarai Givaty
- Actress
- Composer
- Director
Sarai Givaty, sometimes spelled Sarai Givati, is a well known actress,
and model in Israel. Her first role was in a live sketch on the Israeli
tonight show (Kol Layla (2004))
where she played an American reporter. The segment was very successful.
On the final show, Israeli hush critic Raana Shacked called it "the
pick of the show". Sarai continued shooting the segment even after she
moved to New York where she attended acting school at the HB Studios.
in 2005 Sarai was a part of a small cast who received the "Best Teen
Show of The Year" from the Israel Golden Screen Award (Masah Hazahav).
Shortly there after, Sarai became a big name in the Israeli
entertainment industry and received many large company endorsements. A
year later Sarai decided to explore her work options in Los Angeles.
Upon her arrival, she quickly landed the lead role in a film called
The Passage (2007) starring opposite
Stephen Dorff. in 2007, the movie premiered at the Toronto Film
Festival where critics called Sarai's performance "star making". Some
other notable project she's worked on was the lead in the Enrique
Iglesias video "Somebody's Me". In 2008 she also played a Russian spy
in the pilot
My Own Worst Enemy (2008)
next to Christian Slater...although the show went off the air after
three episodes. In 2009 Sarai was back in Israel to shoot yet another
comedic role in TV series called "The Pilot Wives". Sarai also plays
piano and guitar in a band and has been playing concerts in both Israel
and Los Angeles.