Liron Ben Shlush

Liron Ben Shlush is an award-winning actress and screenwriter. She wrote Next to Her, directed by Asaf Korman, and starred in its lead role. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, was released in cinemas in Israel and around the world, and earned her many international awards for both screenwriting and acting. She has played prominent roles in film, television and theatre, among them Michal Aviad’s Working Woman, for which she won the Ophir Award for Best Actress, and the series Don’t Argue, directed by Shai Kapon, Sisu VeSimchu, directed by Shalom Hager and Sigalit Lifshitz, and Hagai Levi’s Our Boys for HBO.

On stage, her work includes leading roles in Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives, both at the Haifa Theatre. She has been nominated three times for the Ophir Award, and has also been nominated for the Israeli Television Award and for Best Actress at the Israeli Theatre Awards.

Most recently she led, as head writer, the series One Day in October, produced for yes in collaboration with FOX and acquired by HBO Max. She also wrote and starred in the short film Yes or No, directed by Korman, which premiered at the 2025 Jerusalem Film Festival.

Her talk on being the sibling of a child with a disability has been touring Israel successfully for many years.