Biography

Rolanda Chagrin was born in Bucharest

Bucharest

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 and immigrated to Israel on 1961.
Her childhood days she spent in Tel-Aviv, and studied in 'Ironi Daled' high school.
During her military service in the Israeli Defense Force ( 1975-1977 ), she served in a military band on the 'IDF Theater'.

During the years 1977-1981 she studied acting on the Tel-Aviv University on the Faculty of Theater, and was cast for mainly dramatic roles, participating on the plays Mahagony, Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for someone named Godot to arrive. Godot's absence, as well as numerous other aspects of the play, have led to many different interpretations since the play's...

, The Balcony

The Balcony

The Balcony is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. Since Peter Zadek directed its first production at the Arts Theatre Club in London in 1957, the play has attracted many of the greatest directors of the 20th century, including Peter Brook, Erwin Piscator, Roger Blin, Giorgio Strehler, and...

, and plays by the Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin

Hanoch Levin

Hanoch Levin , was a prominent Israeli dramatist. He was also a theater director, an author and a poet, but he is best known for his plays.- Early life :...

.

After she completed her studies, she was accepted on 1982 as an actress on the Neve Tzedek

Neve Tzedek

Neve Tzedek is a neighborhood located in southwestern Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the first Jewish neighborhood to be built outside the walls of the ancient port of Jaffa. For years, the neighborhood prospered as Tel Aviv, the first modern Hebrew city, grew up around it...

 Theater in Tel-Aviv, where she played on "Nashim Mukot", directed by Nola Chilton. This same year she met her future husband, the actor Julian Chagrin, at the Pantomime Festival in Kiryat Shmona

Kiryat Shmona

Kiryat Shmona is a city located in the North District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley on the Lebanese border. The city was named for the eight people, including Joseph Trumpeldor, who died in 1920 defending Tel Hai....

. Later they have toured together on a comedy show around the world, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Tasmania.

During the years 1983-1987 she participated in the writing, acting and direction of the comical television series "Hatismoret" ( The Orchestra

The Orchestra

The Orchestra is a rock band formed by former members of the Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II. It is the continuation of ELO Part II following Bev Bevan's departure and selling of the rights to Jeff Lynne.-History:...

 ), that was awarded the Golden Rose Award (Rose d'Or

Rose d'Or

The Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40...

).
In the Akko festival she played in the film of Naftali Alter, "Irit Irit".
She also participated in the production of the "Cannon Movie Tales" of Menachem Golan, and played on the Television shows The Tzatzkanim, and Hopa Hey.

During the years 1989-1991 she played on the cabaret show "Tzitzim".

At the year 1992 she joined the Cameri Theater

Cameri Theater

The Cameri Theater , established in 1944 in Tel Aviv, is one of the leading theaters in Israel, and is housed at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center....

in Tel-Aviv, and was cast in the plays "Rosh Meshuga" ("Crazy Head"), "Mehager over vashav" ("Emigrant over Immigrant", one of several possible translations of this pun in Hebrew) , "Mevaker Hamedina" ("The State Comptroller"), "Shivrei Zhuchit" ("Glass Fragments") and "Striptease Acharon" ("The Last Striptease").

During the years 2001-2006 she played on the solo-act "Rolanda Ad Hasof" ("Rolanda 'Till The End"), and starting on 2007 she played on the solo-act "Rak Al Aztmi Litzhok Yadati...!" ("I Could Laugh Only About My Self ...!")

External links

• Official home page, in Hebrew