# Yuval Scharf

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**Yuval Scharf** (Hebrew: יובל שרף; born 4 June 1985) is an Israeli film, television and theatre actress, and model.

## Early life

Scharf was born in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), [Israel](/source/Israel), to a family of [Ashkenazi Jewish](/source/Ashkenazi_Jews) ([Polish-Jewish](/source/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland)) background.

## Career

### Television and Cinema

In 2008 she played in [*Lost Islands*](/source/Lost_Islands_(film)).[1] In 2013 she played Yael, a young journalist in the film *[Ana Arabia](/source/Ana_Arabia)*.[2] In 2015 she played Mira in *Moon in the 12th House*. In 2018, she played Tanya in the BBC drama *[McMafia](/source/McMafia)*.[3] She plays Rochel, an Ashkenazi love interest of a Sephardic Israeli, in the TV show *[Beauty Queen of Jerusalem](/source/Beauty_Queen_of_Jerusalem_(TV_series))*.[4] In 2023, she played [Mossad](/source/Mossad) agent Sarah in *[Ghosts of Beirut](/source/Ghosts_of_Beirut)*.[5]

### Theatre

At the [Beit Lessin Theater](/source/Beit_Lessin_Theater) she participated in several plays: In 2008, she played Jill in the play *Aquus*[6] and was part of the cast in the play *Alma and Ruth*; in 2009 she participated in the play *Conditions of Affection* and in 2010 in the play *[Uncle Vanya](/source/Uncle_Vanya)*.[7]

## References

1. ["Lost Islands"](https://jfc.org.il/en/movie/25088-2/). *Israel Cinema Archive*. Retrieved 2025-02-26.

1. [Ana Arabia](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3092086/)

1. ["McMafia star Yuval Scharf: I want to be James Norton's Bond girl"](https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/mcmafia-star-yuval-scharf-if-james-norton-is-007-i-want-to-be-his-bond-girl-a3748496.html). *London Evening Standard*. 25 January 2018.

1. Steinberg, Jessica. ["Netflix picks up Ottoman-era Israeli drama ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’"](https://www.timesofisrael.com/netflix-picks-up-ottoman-era-israeli-drama-beauty-queen-of-jerusalem/). *[The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel)*. [ISSN 0040-7909](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0040-7909). Retrieved 2022-05-21.

1. [Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Ghosts of Beirut’](https://vaguevisages.com/2023/05/22/ghosts-of-beirut-cast-showtime-characters/)

1. Perry, Tal (29 October 2008). ["he:חשיפה לתיאטרון"](http://www.mako.co.il/entertainment-culture/theatre/Article-ac9a6cdb5884d11004.htm) (in Hebrew). *mako*. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

1. Abramovich, Yuval (29 May 2009). ["he:השנה של יובל שרף"](https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/47/ART1/895/890.html) (in Hebrew). *nrg*. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

## External links

- [Yuval Scharf](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2965644/) at IMDb
- [Yuval Scharf](http://www.edb.co.il/name/n0001570/) on The Idibe (in Hebrew)
- [Yuval Scharf](https://www.instagram.com/yuvalscharf46) on Instagram (in Hebrew)

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