Actress Bar Belfer, Who Overcame Severe Injuries, Dies at 37
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
Actress and journalist Bar Belfer died at 37 after a career marked by early success and a severe car accident in 2010. Her role in "Someone to Run With" earned her an Academy Award nomination. Despite life-altering injuries from the 2010 crash, she recovered and returned to acting and journalism. Belfer also pursued higher education and had a daughter in 2023.
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- Actress and journalist Bar Belfer passed away at the age of 37.
- Belfer gained fame at 17 for her role in the 2006 film "Someone to Run With."
- She suffered critical injuries in a 2010 car accident but recovered.
- Belfer continued her career in acting and journalism after rehabilitation.
- She earned an Academy Award nomination for her debut film role.
- Belfer is survived by her husband and daughter.
Israeli actress and journalist Bar Belfer has passed away at the age of 37. Belfer first gained recognition in 2006 at age 17 for her role in the film "Someone to Run With," based on David Grossman's novel. Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and a commendation at the Miami International Film Festival. She also won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a miniseries, TV film, or drama series the same year.
Belfer's career was significantly impacted in March 2010 when she was critically injured in a car accident on Ayalon Highway after a passing vehicle struck her car. She spent three weeks in intensive care and underwent extensive rehabilitation at Tel Hashomer Hospital. The accident caused lasting effects on her speech, vision, and mobility, along with memory loss. Despite the severe challenges, she made a remarkable recovery, learning to walk and speak again, and returned to her work in radio and acting.
Following her recovery, Belfer returned to Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio) in September 2010, resuming her journalistic work. She continued to act in various television series and films, including "Screens" (2008), "Angel of My Mother," "Virgins," "Don't Forget Me," and "Foreign Worker." In 2023, she collaborated again with director Oded Davidoff on the horror series "The Corrupt Angel."
Beyond her acting and journalism career, Belfer pursued higher education, studying philosophy and film at Tel Aviv University, and earning a master's degree in interdisciplinary arts. She also completed studies at the Rimon School of Music in 2014, where she wrote songs. Belfer married Shahar Cohen in 2018, and they had a daughter in 2023. One of her final roles was in the short film "Tell Me About That Day," which screened at the Jerusalem Women's Film Festival last month.
Belfer's parents were initially told she might not survive the accident, but her rapid recovery defied medical expectations. She spoke about the profound experience of relearning life's basics, stating, "The first two years after the accident, after I got up, every month was like a year. That year I was zero years old and 12 years old. To grasp reality again, what is a mother, what is love. I relearned what love is."