Rakefet Abergel

Rakefet Abergel

Nascimento : , Los Angeles, California, USA

História

A native of Los Angeles, Rakefet Abergel is an award-winning American/Israeli actor, writer, director, and producer. She appeared in the movie Superbad with Jonah Hill, and as Adam Sandler's sister in Just Go with It . She can also be seen in the films My Best Friend's Girl opposite Dane Cook, with Halle Berry in The Call, and alongside Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington in the film, A Thousand Words. Rakefet also regularly guest stars on TV shows including Showtime's Shameless, New Girl, My Name is Earl, Bella and the Bulldogs, and iCarly. Her newest film, Boo, which she wrote, produced, and starred in, is her film directorial debut. Previously she also directed various episodes of a web series called "Girls on Girls". The short screenplay for Boo was a finalist in the Best Short Screenplay category at Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio and won Best Short Script at Vancouver Bad Ass Film Festival in Canada. It also won an Honorable Mention at Women in Horror Film Festival in Atlanta and was an official selection at over 15 festivals worldwide. The first film Rakefet wrote was the award-winning horror/thriller short film called Jax in Love, which she co-produced with executive producer & casting director Jory Weitz (Napoleon Dynamite). The film, directed by Oscar-nominated director Colin Campbell made the festival rounds and garnered Abergel ten Best Actress awards from a variety of film festivals including Nightmares Film Festival, Hollywood Horrorfest, GenreBlast Film Festival, and Oregon Scream Week. The film also won Best Horror Short at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and Best Original Screenplay, as well as over 30 awards for various aspects of the film. She also teaches Hebrew to sixth and seventh graders in Los Angeles and works as an acting coach and mentor for kids and adults at Kid (F)Actor, a company she founded in 2010. Boo is the second production from Cyclamen Films, Rakefet's production company that produced Jax in Love. She is represented across the board at Bohemia Group in LA and New York.

Perfil

Rakefet Abergel

Filmes

Backwoods Bubba
Associate Producer
Bubba Wayne Bundy along with the help of his brother John Edward Bundy are two madman who gets off on kidnapping woman and dressing them up.
Do We Really Have to Say Goodbye
Ryan and Jacob have been together for 4 years. They had planned to get married in the summer of 2020. Then a pandemic hit. And Jacob got sick. To make matters worse, because of the nature of the virus, Ryan was not allowed to visit Jacob in the hospital. Nor was he there when Jacob died. But before his passing, Jacob had recorded a message on his phone for Ryan. Now, Ryan has travelled to their favorite beach to watch the video message and to say goodbye - even though going outside places Ryan in immediate, physical danger.
Half-Cocked
Location Manager
A science experiment gone horribly right.
Half-Cocked
Jax
A science experiment gone horribly right.
Boo
Story
A traumatic event forces a recovering addict to face her demons, without her worried fiancé uncovering the truth.
Boo
Writer
A traumatic event forces a recovering addict to face her demons, without her worried fiancé uncovering the truth.
Boo
Director
A traumatic event forces a recovering addict to face her demons, without her worried fiancé uncovering the truth.
Boo
Devi
A traumatic event forces a recovering addict to face her demons, without her worried fiancé uncovering the truth.
Jax in Love
Casting
Jax, a lonely wanderer, is searching for a human connection, when her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Will she make it out of the desert alive?
Jax in Love
Executive Producer
Jax, a lonely wanderer, is searching for a human connection, when her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Will she make it out of the desert alive?
Jax in Love
Writer
Jax, a lonely wanderer, is searching for a human connection, when her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Will she make it out of the desert alive?
Jax in Love
Jax
Jax, a lonely wanderer, is searching for a human connection, when her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Will she make it out of the desert alive?
Chamada de Emergência
Trainee #1
Jordan é atendente do sistema de emergência da polícia americana. Determinado dia, atende uma ligação de uma jovem assustada com o fato de que existe um homem tentando invadir sua casa. O caso acaba com o pior final possível e Jordan fica traumatizada. Anos mais tarde, ela se vê diante do mesmo criminoso, que agora ameaça outra garota, Casey. O suspense aumenta quando Jordan percebe que, para salvar a vida da menina, precisará lidar com uma conhecida voz do passado.
Engana-me Que Eu Gosto
Patricia
Danny (Adam Sandler) é um cirurgião plástico bastante mulherengo, mas que a dada altura se apaixona por uma rapariga mais nova do que ele. No entanto, disse-lhe que era casado mas que se estava a divorciar, e Palmer insiste em conhecer a futura ex-mulher de Danny. Para se safar desta mentira, ele tem de pedir à sua assistente, Katherine (Jennifer Aniston), que faça de conta que é a sua mulher. Mas, inesperadamente, vão surgindo vários acontecimentos e as mentiras continuam a aumentar, ao ponto em que os filhos de Katherine são envolvidos. É então que toda a gente parte para o Hawaii, para um fim-de-semana que lhes irá mudar a vida.
Feliz Natal, Drake & Josh
Janet
Quando vai trabalhar como Papai Noel num shopping center, Drake promete à pequena Mary Alice que ela e sua família terão o melhor Natal de todos. Agora, ele e Josh vão passar por muitos apuros e confusões para conseguir cumprir a promessa.
Amigos, Amigos, Mulheres à Parte
Heavily Pierced Kid
Conta a história de Tank, um cara que passa por um verdadeiro teste de amizade quando seu melhor amigo Dustin lhe faz um pedido especial e muito esquisito. Tank deverá convidar a namorada do amigo, Alexis, para um encontro no qual tudo estará planejado para dar errado. A idéia é fazer com que a garota perceba o quanto seu ex-namorado é maravilhoso. Obviamente as coisas não saem como planejadas.
Daddy's Big Girl
Millie
Overweight and uninspired Millie attempts to finally reconcile with her gay father, but his half-dressed male companions keep getting in the way.
Superbad: É Hoje
Muffin Selby
Os estudantes adolescentes Seth e Evan têm grandes esperanças para uma festa de formatura. Os adolescentes co-dependentes pretendem beber e conquistar garotas para que eles possam se tornar parte da multidão popular da escola, mas a ansiedade de separação e dois policiais entediados complicam a auto-missão proclamada dos amigos.