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Rakefet Abergel

• Acting

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.

Known For

Shameless

82%

Lisa

2011

New Girl

73%

Claire

2011

iCarly

79%

Jodi Flooger

2007

My Name Is Earl

77%

Wife

2005

3rd Rock from the Sun

75%

Carnival Guest

1996

Perception

72%

Fangirl

2012

The New Normal

60%

Pilar

2012

Monday Mornings

69%

Carla

2013

Mother Goose's Scary Tales

Jax (segment: Half-Cocked)

2024

Still

45%

Aliya

2024

Still

45%

Writer

2024

Still

45%

Director

2024

Still

45%

Producer

2024

Backwoods Bubba

10%

Associate Producer

2021

Do We Really Have to Say Goodbye

2020

Bloody Bites

80%

Director

2020

Half-Cocked

Jax

2019

Half-Cocked

Location Manager

2019

Boo

65%

Devi

2019

Boo

65%

Director

2019

Boo

65%

Writer

2019

Boo

65%

Story

2019

For Muriel

Jenn

2018

Jax in Love

Jax

2017

Jax in Love

Writer

2017

Jax in Love

Casting

2017

Jax in Love

Executive Producer

2017

Sister

53%

Casting Director

2014

The Call

68%

Trainee #1

2013

Monday Mornings

69%

Carla

2013

The New Normal

60%

Pilar

2012

Perception

72%

Fangirl

2012

Hollywoo

53%

L'assistante réalisateur

2011

New Girl

73%

Claire

2011

Just Go with It

67%

Patricia

2011

Shameless

82%

Lisa

2011

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