Yael Naim is a French-born Israeli singer and actress.
13 Facts About Yael Naim
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Yael Naim rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single "New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air.
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Yael Naim was born in Paris, France to Maghrebi Jewish immigrants from Tunisia.
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Yael Naim served in the Israel Defense Forces as a soloist in the Israeli Air Force Orchestra.
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Yael Naim began her singing career with a part in the musical and her first solo album, In a Man's Womb, was released in 2001.
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Yael Naim sang the song "You Disappear" by Bruno Coulais for the film Harrison's Flowers.
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Yael Naim performed a duet with Din Din Aviv titled "Mashmauyot".
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Yael Naim joined with percussionist David Donatien and, over a period of two years, they arranged and recorded thirteen of Yael Naim's songs in a studio in her apartment in Paris.
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Yael Naim's style has been described as having a touch of folk and a touch of jazz, with mysterious and evocative words sung with a delicate and intentionally husky voice.
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Yael Naim is married to David Donatien, a Martiniquais musician, with whom she has two children.
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Yael Naim's voice was used in a Season 21 episode of The Simpsons, entitled "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed".
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Yael Naim voiced Dorit, the niece of an Israeli tour guide named Jakob.
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Yael Naim's single "Come Home" was in an episode of Season 7 of Grey's Anatomy and in episode 6 of the ABC Family series Switched at Birth.