Ayelet Zurer (born 28 June 1969) is an Israeli TV and film actress. She began her career on the Israeli teen drama Inyan Shel Zman and has starred in numerous Israeli TV and film roles. She received awards for Best Actress at the Israeli Academy Awards in 2003 and Best Actress by the Israeli Academy of Television in 2006 and 2013. Zurer has also appeared in numerous Hollywood films, such as Munich (2005), Vantage Point (2008), Angels & Demons (2009), Man of Steel (2013), and Ben-Hur (2016). She also portrayed Vanessa Marianna-Fisk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Daredevil (2015–2018) and its revival series Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present).

Filmography

• Daredevil: Born Again — Vanessa Fisk
• House of David — Queen Ahinoam
• The Best Worst Thing — Dr. Amalia Levy
• Moonhaven — Maite Voss
• Law & Order: Organized Crime — Tia Leonetti
• Losing Alice — Alice
• 2020Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog — Shoshonna
• Legacies — Seylah Chelon
• You — Dr. Chandra
• 2017Milada — Milada Horáková, Producer
• Taken — Leah
• 2016Ben-Hur — Naomi Ben-Hur
• 2016Last Days in the Desert — Mother
• 2015Last Knights — Naomi
• Marvel's Daredevil — Vanessa Marianna
• Rake — Fiona Rinaldi
• Transparent — Ronit
• Hostages — Dr. Yael Danon
• 2013Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
• 2013Man of Steel — Lara Lor-Van
• Shtisel — Elisheva Rothstein
• 2012Darling Companion — Carmen
• Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn — Mehaffey
• Touch — Rosemary Mathis
• 2011Hide Away — The Waitress
• 2009Angels & Demons — Vittoria Vetra
• Don't Ask
• 2009Ingenious — Gina
• 2008Adam Resurrected — Gina Grey
• 2008Fugitive Pieces — Michaela
• 2008Vantage Point — Veronica
• 2007Only Dogs Run Free — Telma
• BeTipul
• 2005Munich — Daphna
• 2004Maktub — מיכל
• 2004Something Sweet
• 2003Nina's Tragedies
• 2003Rutenberg — Becky
• 2001Desperado Square — Gila
• 1997The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field — Lea
• 1993Duel — אן / אדית
• 1993The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein — Debbie
• 1991For Sasha — Shoshana
• Apparat

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Daredevil: Born Again Official Podcast — Self - Vanessa Fisk