She came to Israel without her family, except her sister, in 1985, when she was 16 years old. Supposedly she came to study computer science, but instead she studied acting at the Nissan Nativ School of Acting in Tel Aviv.
She arrived in Israel alone in 1985, at the age of sixteen, with only her sister accompanying her. Her initial intention was to study computer science but instead pursued acting at the Nissan Nativ School of Acting in Tel Aviv.