Actress · Creator · Educator
Yana Shelly
I believe in the connection between place, movement, and the human story. My work moves between the stage, the screen, and the spoken word — out of a deep curiosity for spaces, communities, and people.
Creation
Original work
Acting
Performance
Other roles
Treasure Map
Lead actor-creator · ASSITEJ Festival, Beit Lessin · 2024
An original children's piece performed at Beit Lessin Theatre, Tel Aviv, as part of the international ASSITEJ festival.
Dog House
Mira · Nickelodeon · Season 3, Ep. 12
Guest role on a Nickelodeon production.
We're On The Map
“Ksenia the indifferent” · Ma Kashur trio sketch
Recurring sketch role.
King Saul
Children's production · Micro Theatre · 2015–2017
Written and directed by Ilan Hazan.
The Mighty War
Pilot · pantomime children's series · The Incubator Theatre
Pilot episode for a pantomime children's series.
Podcast
Independent cinema
About
Bio + educationI'm Yana Shelly — an actress and creator. I've always created out of an urge to connect people and stories. I began on stage, in productions for children and adults in Jerusalem — among them Micro Theatre and the Theo-Tron group, mentored by the Khan Theatre. From there I started building behind the scenes too — writing, directing, editing.
On finishing acting school I co-created the site-specific interactive piece My Home Period, in the Westerners' quarter of Jerusalem, as part of HaMifal's “Empty House” program and the “Houses From Within” festival. I later wrote the short play Tatzaref for the Tzavta short-theatre festival, and during my MFA I made The Bubble Laundromat, screened at South Film Festival — also about a charged, public place.
Now
In developmentA dark-comedy series for YES, as creator and lead writer. In advanced development.
IN DEVELOPMENT · YES