Michal Yannai

Michal Yannai-Muskal (or Yanai, Hebrew: מיכל ינאי; born 18 June 1972) is an Israeli actress and children's television host.

Michal Yannai
מיכל ינאי
Yannai in 2023
Born	(1972-06-18) 18 June 1972 (age 53) Ramat Gan, Israel
Occupation(s)	Actress, Singer
Spouses	Ofer Resles ​ (m. 2003⁠–⁠2005)​ Ben Muskal ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3

Early and personal life

Yannai was born and raised in Ramat Gan to a family of Jewish background.

In 2003, Yanai married Israeli businessman Ofer Resles. They divorced in 2005. She remarried in March 2009, to Israeli businessman Ben Muskal. In November 2009 their daughter Alex was born, and in December 2010, a son named Yahel. They have another son together named Yuval. As of 2021, they reside in Athens, Greece.^[1]

Career

Yannai on Israel's Arutz HaYeladim Channel in 1992

During the 1990s Yannai was a TV host and an actress on Arutz HaYeladim (the Israeli Children's Channel, "Arutz 6", ערוץ הילדים), where she was known as "The Children's Queen" (מלכת הילדים). During the 1990s Michal Yannai also hosted the show "Katzefet"^[2] on Arutz HaYeladim. In 2007 she participated in the Israeli version of the stage show, Avenue Q, as a satire of herself.

Filmography

• Neshika Bametzach (The Day We Met, 1990) as Natalie
• Pour Sacha (1991) as English girl #1
• Hakeves Ha Shisha Asar (The Sixteenth Sheep, 1999) as Michal
• 88 Minutes (2007) as Leeza Pearson
• Mega Snake (2007) as Fay
• When Nietzsche Wept (2007) as Bertha

See also

• Television of Israel
• Theater of Israel