13 Facts About Etti Ankri

Esther "Etti" Ankri is an Israeli singer-songwriter.

Etti Ankri is a former Female Singer of the Year in Israel, and has performed in the United States, England, and India.

Etti Ankri was born in 1963 in Lod, the third of five siblings, to a Tunisian Jewish family.

Etti Ankri's father, Andre, was a policeman, and her mother, Hanna, a homemaker.

Etti Ankri attended the Ma'apilim elementary school, and the Ramle-Lod high school.

Etti Ankri served in the Israeli Education Corps, and then studied at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music.

Etti Ankri is married to theater actor Doron Linik and has three children.

Etti Ankri is featured in Her Song: Exotic Voices of Women from Around the World, and in Matti Caspi's Duets.

Etti Ankri has teamed with David D'Or for a successful duo.

In 2005, Etti Ankri toured to promote her double disc, 15-year best-of retrospective collection published by the NMC label.

Etti Ankri's voice is clear and precise, radiating vulnerability and self-confidence in equal measure, and it presses emotional buttons similar to the ones it did 20 years ago.

Etti Ankri is known for her moving, emotional, and often ethnic pop songs, which she writes herself.

Etti Ankri has appeared in a number of Israeli and US movies.