1. Miri Mesika is most known for winning several Israeli Female Singer of the Year awards, selling more than 200,000 copies of her albums in Israel, and for her portrayal of the title role of Dina in the 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.
Miri Mesika was born and grew up in Herzliya, Israel.
Miri Mesika's father is of Tunisian-Jewish descent and her mother is of Iraqi-Jewish descent.
Miri Mesika served as an operations NCO in the IDF's Infantry Corps.
In 1999, Mesika started her studies at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Ramat HaSharon, the leading music school in Israel that exported many Israeli singers such as Noa and Aviv Geffen.
Miri Mesika was part of the "magic class", studying together with Keren Peles and Aya Korem, that went on to be popular singers.
At Rimon School Miri Mesika met the songwriter Keren Peles, with whom she started working on songs for Miri Mesika's debut album.
Mesika became known in public in 2004 with her first album, Miri Mesika, produced and mixed by Ori Zakh and Shmulik Neufeld.
Miri Mesika went on a performance tour following the release of the album, and in May 2008 the album went platinum.
In 2008, Miri Mesika played the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat staged by Habima Theatre.
In 2005 Miri Mesika took part in the Habima Theatre production of the musical King Solomon and Shalmai the Shoemaker.
In 2007, Miri Mesika took part in Amos Gitai's film, The Dybbuk in Haifa, and in the Festigal festival of children's songs.
In 2022, Miri Mesika was cast in the leading role of Dina for the European premiere of The Band's Visit in London's West End.
In 2012, Miri Mesika was a judge on Kokhav Nolad, the Israeli version of American Idol, and in 2016, she is a coach on the fourth season of "The Voice Israel".
Miri Mesika took part in the Shirimon song contest, a song contest of the Rimon School, and won the first place with David De'or's song Mishehu Kayam produced by Zakh.
Miri Mesika won the Female Singer of the Year award on Galgalatz, and the Discovery of the Year award both on Galgalatz and on Reshet Gimel.
In 2006, Miri Mesika won another Female Singer of the Year award, this time at the Ami Awards of Music Channel 24.