15 Facts About Moran Atias

Moran Atias gained fame in the Italian films Gas, Oggi sposi, and Mother of Tears.

Moran Atias is best known for her work with Paul Haggis in the 2008 TV series Crash and the 2013 film Third Person.

Moran Atias appeared on the youth television programme Out of Focus at age 15.

Moran Atias pursued modelling instead in Germany and then in Italy, where she was discovered and became a model for Roberto Cavalli.

Moran Atias first appeared on television when she was 15, starring in the Israeli youth program Out of Focus.

Moran Atias has appeared in English-, Italian-, Hebrew-, and Spanish-language films, and was nominated for Best Actress at the for her role in Menahem Golan's 2005 Israeli film Days of Love.

Moran Atias followed that up with the romantic comedy Oggi Sposi, directed by Luca Luncini and Mother of Tears, the third and final installment of Dario Argento's supernatural trilogy of horror The Three Mothers.

In 2011, Moran Atias worked with Cynthia Mort on the television project Radical, playing to role of Ana, which Mort had written specifically for her.

Moran Atias served as a producer and worked to adapt it into a US series.

Moran Atias was cast in the new FX series Tyrant by the creators of the successful television series Homeland by creator and fellow Israeli, Gideon Raff.

Moran Atias was chosen to play the role of 'Monika,' a Romanian gypsy.

Moran Atias studied with Michael Margota at the Italian Actor's Studio to perfect the Italian and Romanian accents.

Moran Atias served as a co-producer and a co-consultant for the script.

Moran Atias participated in the Artists for Peace and Justice volunteer mission with Sean Penn following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, in which she assisted the evacuation of refugees to Florida.

Moran Atias is a goodwill ambassador for IsraAid, and took part in humanitarian work in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake there.