Name |
Shirly Brener |
Height |
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Naionality |
Israeli-American |
Date of Birth |
24-September-1974 |
Place of Birth |
Haifa, Israel |
Famous for |
Acting |
Shirly Brener is an Israeli and American actress, producer, show host, art connoisseur and writer. Brener was born in Israel, and raised in London and Los Angeles, her breakthrough role was in the late '90s opposite Henry Thomas in the comedy Hijacking Hollywood. Moving then her career to Israel she went on to star as one of the series leads in the nation’s highest rated prime time drama “Ramat Aviv Gimmel”.
Named by Forbes Magazine (2013) as one of the top 5 Successful Israeli Actresses in Hollywood and by Esquire magazine (2009) as one of the 5 up and coming Israeli actresses in Hollywood today, She has completed dozens of projects working with a slew of A list actors and directors such as alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Righteous Kill directed by Jon Avnet for Overture, Sharon Stone and Val Kilmer in Streets of Blood, directed by Charles Winkler and produced by Irwin Winkler - one of the highest grossing video/DVD of all times. Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook in Employee of the Month, for Lions Gate Entertainment, John Cusack and Hilary Duff in War Inc., Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba in Meet Bill, Steven Seagal in Mercenary For Justice, Armand Assante in The Killing Grounds for the Weinstein Co., James Spader in Shadow of Fear, Sam Shepard in Blind Horizon and Harvey Keitel and Mira Sorvino in the The Grey Zone directed by Tim Blake Nelson.
On TV she has appeared with Lindsay Lohan in ABC Family Film Labor Pains and Dean Stockwell in the H.P. Lovecraft adapted for TV story - "The Dunwich Horror", Judgment Day for Spike TV and most recently guest starred on CBS’s Criminal Minds, and series regular roles on the web-series the Monica 90404 and "The Mondays". She has landed leading role in the films such as the award winningdramedy "winner Romantic Comedy of Houston film fest" and "official selection" of "Dances with Films" Letting Go (with Bokeem Woodbine and Christopher Knight), the human drama Touched from French producers of The Class (with Shalim Ortiz and Aloma Wright), which was picked as the opening feature at the Dominican International Film Festival to critical acclaim.