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Miri Mesika is a multi-award-winning Israeli singer and actress, selling over 200,000 albums internationally. She was raised in Herzliya, where she learned music (guitar and flute) in the local conservatory. She studied at the Yovel High School under Sofi Moskovich, then at the Rimon School of Music. Most recently, Miri playing the title role of Dina in London’s West End production of The Band’s Visit, for which she was nominated for the 2023 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
She made her professional debut as a lead singer in a production marking the 50-year anniversary of Israel, directed by Tsedi Tsarfati, and music managed by Roni Vise, which she has performed in all over EuropeShe then sang in different musical groups at Rimon, where she met Uri Zach, who later produced her first album in collaboration with Shmulik Noifeld, one of her teachers. In 2000, Miri won the competition Shir Rimon, performing David Daor’s ‘Ima Shel Guy’. The next year she created her first independent show featuring the songs of Karen Peles, following which she was offered a recording contract with Anana in collaboration with the recording company Head Artsi.
Miri Mesika is a multi-award-winning Israeli singer and actress, selling over 200,000 albums internationally. She was raised in Herzliya, where she learned music (guitar and flute) in the local conservatory. She studied at the Yovel High School under Sofi Moskovich, then at the Rimon School of Music. Most recently, Miri playing the title role of Dina in London’s West End production of The Band’s Visit, for which she was nominated for the 2023 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
She made her professional debut as a lead singer in a production marking the 50-year anniversary of Israel, directed by Tsedi Tsarfati, and music managed by Roni Vise, which she has performed in all over EuropeShe then sang in different musical groups at Rimon, where she met Uri Zach, who later produced her first album in collaboration with Shmulik Noifeld, one of her teachers. In 2000, Miri won the competition Shir Rimon, performing David Daor’s ‘Ima Shel Guy’. The next year she created her first independent show featuring the songs of Karen Peles, following which she was offered a recording contract with Anana in collaboration with the recording company Head Artsi.
Miri launched her first album in 2005 selling over 70,000 copies, featuring hit singles including ‘Le Sham’, which also won the Galgalatz Radio’s Song of the Year. Miri was also awarded Singer of the Year and Discovery of the Year. Her tour of the album which had started in small clubs moved quickly into large concert halls. In February 2006, she was awarded Singer of the Year by the Israeli Music Channel 24. Since 2005, Miri has released seven successful albums and won every possible title. In 2015 she won The Times of Israel Award for The Artist of the Year.
Theatre includes: Shlomo Ha Melech Ve Shelmay Ha Sandlar (winner of Musical of the Year); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat; Les Misérables and Od Hozer Hanigun (Habima).
Television includes: Ze Lo HaGil; The Psychologist; Me’orav Yerushalmi; Keshet; and has been a judge on A Star is Born (the Israeli version of American Idol); the Israeli version of The Voice; Aviv or Eyal;The X Factor Israel; School of Music and The Masked Singer. Film includes Three Mothersand Restless.
