Daniella Kertesz (דניאלה קרטס; March 11, 1989) is an Israeli actress.
She is best known for her role as "Segen" in the 2013 film World War Z. She also stars in the role of Onie in the psychological thriller/horror movie feature film AfterDeath, set to come out in 2015.
Kertesz was born in Ramat HaSharon, Israel. Her father, Gabriel Kertesz, is an architect who works on preserving historical neighborhoods and landmarks. He moved to Israel from Transylvania when he was nine. Her mother, Dorothy, is an English teacher. She moved to Israel from Belgium when she was 20. She is the youngest child in her family. Her father was in an anti-aircraft unit in the Israeli Defense Forces, and her brother is a pilot.
Kertesz spent her childhood growing up in Yemin Moshe in Jerusalem. She moved to Tel Aviv when she was 14 years old.
Kertesz originally was an avid dancer, studying dance from age three and attending the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance. But her last summer living in Jerusalem, before she was to enter ninth grade, while visiting her brother in Tel Aviv she met a casting director in the stairwell of his building, and the casting director offered her an audition for a new television series. She was given the part, and her first appearance was in the Israeli television series Reds (Adumot), created by brothers Uri Barbash and Benny Barbash, at the age of 14. She was the main character Noa Sperling, a 15-year-old soccer player who creates a girls-only team after being asked to leave the boys' team. The show aired for two seasons.
Kertész is a Hungarian occupational surname, which means gardener, derived from kert ("garden"). Alternative spellings include Kertesz and Kertes. The surname may refer to:
Located in the western edge of Mercury's giant Caloris basin, Kertész crater (named in 2008 for André Kertész, a Hungarian-born American photographer) has some unusual, bright material located on its floor. Sander crater, located in the northwestern edge of Caloris basin, also shows bright material on its floor. Just northeast of Kertész a small crater has very bright rays and ejecta, indicating that the crater is young.