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Niv Sultan
Israeli actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Niv Sultan (Hebrew: ניב סולטן; born September 16, 1992) is an Israeli actress. She is best known for starring in Tehran, an Israeli espionage thriller television series that premiered in 2020 on Apple TV+ and Kan 11.
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Early life and education
Niv Sultan was born in 1992, in Jerusalem, Israel, to a family of Moroccan Jews.[1]
After completing her compulsory military service, she attended acting classes for three years at Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio in Tel Aviv.[2][3] As a student, she participated in the institution's production of A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller; Sultan assumed a lead role as Catherine, opposite her classmate Tomer Machloof.[4][5]
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Between 2015 and 2017, Sultan starred in the Israeli family sitcom La Famiglia on Channel 10.[6] In 2016, she had a regular role alongside Amit Rahav and Daniel Gad in the Israeli youth drama series Susey Pere (Wild Horses) on the TV channel Zoom.[7] In 2017, she starred alongside Omer Dror and Noa Kirel in the Israeli teen comedy Kimaat Mefursemet (Almost Famous).[8]
Sultan was chosen as the lead role in the Apple TV+ Israeli espionage television series Tehran (Hebrew: טהרן), where she stars as Tamar Rabinyan, a Mossad agent working a ground operation in Tehran, Iran.[9][10]
During an interview with The Natural Aristocrat,[11] Niv Sultan commented on why she loves portraying Tamar Rabinyan on Apple TV+ Israeli series Tehran:
"For me, that was what I love most about her. I mean, she's a real person, as you said, she's not the cliche of a superhero, Mossad agents saving the world. ...Yes, she's brave but she's also scared, makes mistakes, falls in love, and misses her dad. And I think that's the beauty of her.,,[citation needed]
In 2020, Sultan starred alongside Tomer Capone in Asaph Polonsky's short film, Long Distance.[12] In 2022, she starred alongside Lior Ashkenazi in the Israeli suspense series, Boged (Traitor) on Hot.[13]
In 2024, Sultan was cast in a new medical thriller series, Heart of a Murderer on Hot. She will portray Dr. Dasi Nakash, a transplant surgeon in the series.[14][15]
She also stars alongside her husband, Maor Schweitzer and Amit Rahav, in the upcoming Haredi comedy sequel Matchmaking 2.[16][17]
Other
Sultan is the owner of Sultana, a jewelry company, together with her sisters Bar and May.[18]
Since 2021, she has been a brand ambassador for Samsung in Israel.[19]
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Personal life
Sultan married Israeli actor Maor Schweitzer in March 2022.[20] They met on the set of the show יש לה את זה (She Has It) in 2018, where they played an engaged couple.[21]
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