Ayelet July Zurer was born on June 28, 1969 in Tel Avviv, Israel. She is best known for her roles in "Nina’s Tragedies" and "Munich". Sometimes referred to as the ice princess, due to some of her roles, she is one of the most acclaimed actresses in Israel.
Zurer won Best Actress awards on both the Jerusalem Film Festival and the Israel Academy for her role in "Nina’s Tragedies". She has appeared in such other Israeli features as For Sasha, The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein, The Dybbuk of Holy Apple Field, Desperado Square, and Electricity Man. Her TV roles include the Israeli series A Matter of Time, Florentine, In Treatment, and the telefilm A Night Without Lola.
Zurer has also appeared in the English-language films Vantage Point and Snappers, and will star in the upcoming 2008 movie Adam Resurrected.
Zurer's first international role was in Steven Spielberg's "Munich" , where she played Eric Bana's wife. She later played the role of an exotic terrorist, Veronica, in the American thriller Vantage Point, appearing alongside Dennis Quaid, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver. Her next international role was in Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected, where she played Gina Grey, a nurse who falls in love with the title character, Adam Stein, a disturbed Holocaust survivor played by Jeff Goldblum. In 2007, Zurer starred in Fugitive Pieces, the story of a boy who survives the Holocaust in Greece and becomes a troubled young adult who falls in love with her character.
In April 2008, Zurer was cast as the female lead, Vittoria Vetra, in the The Da Vinci Code prequel, Angels & Demons, chosen over more well-known stars, including Naomi Watts, who had been in talks for the role. Zurer's character is the daughter of a CERN physicist who, after her father's murder, pairs with Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) on a journey to uncover the mystery behind her father's death and stop a terrorist plot.
Zurer has also modeled for fashion companies such as HONiGMAN and Golf. She was chosen ninth in TCCandler.com's 100 most beautiful faces of 2008. She has also illustrated the pictures for the 1999 fantasy book Be'Edulina by Gabi Nitzan, an Israeli author.
