Evgenia Dodina

Dodina was born in Mogilev, in Soviet Belarus (now Belarus), to a father who was a teacher and a mother who was a pediatrician. She studied acting at the State Academy of Arts in Moscow. After graduating, she joined the Mayakovsky Theater, where she met Yevgeny Aryeh. Their collaboration led her to immigrate to Israel in the early 1990s, joining Aryeh and a group of actors to establish the Gesher Theater. She quickly gained recognition for her talent.

Upon her arrival in Israel, Dodina began performing at the Gesher Theater, despite not initially speaking Hebrew. She appeared in productions such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1992), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2001, Israeli Theater Award for Actress of the Year), The Slave (2002), Medea (2005), and The Cherry Orchard (2006).

She later joined the Habima National Theater, where she starred in plays including Little Eyolf, A Track to Damascus, Anna Karenina, A Simple Story (2016), A Streetcar Named Desire, and Three Sisters. In 2012, she performed in Persona, a co-production between Habima and Munich’s Residence Theatre.

From 2020 to 2024, Dodina was a permanent ensemble member at the Staatstheater Stuttgart in Germany. Upon returning to Israel, she starred as Richard in a 2023 Gesher Theater production of Richard III, directed by Itay Tiran.

Dodina has acted in over 50 films and television series. She appeared in four Ophir Awards-winning films: Saint Clara (1996), Circus Palestine (1998), Nina's Tragedies (2004), and several award-winning TV productions including A Touch Away Rehearsals (2020).

She has collaborated with prominent Israeli directors such as Ari Folman, Samuel Maoz, and Hagai Levi. In 2003, she portrayed legendary actress Hanna Rovina in the TV film Was or Wasn't, earning Best Actress at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival. She won Best Actress at the Haifa International Film Festival for Invisible (2011).

In 2016, she appeared in One Week and a Day and the short film Anna, both awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2019, she played Tatiana, Villanelle’s mother, in the BBC hit series Killing Eve. Other international credits include The Attack (2012), and In Times of Fading Light (2017).

Dodina is married to Israeli musician and composer Avi Benjamin. Their daughter, Anna Benjamin Nedzvetzki, is an actress and pianist.

• 2017 – Best Actress, Short Shorts Film Festival, Tokyo, for Anna
• 2016 – Seymour Cassel Award, One Week and a Day
• 2011 – Best Actress, Haifa International Film Festival, for Invisible
• 2010 – Honorary doctorate, Tel Aviv University
• 2010 – Star on Israeli Walk of Fame (Haifa Film Festival)
• 2009 – Torch lighter at Israel’s Independence Day ceremony
• 2005 – Klatzkin Israeli-American Fund Award recipient
• 2003 – Israeli Theater Award, Actress of the Year, for The Slave
• 2003 – Best Actress, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, for Snow Paper
• 2001 – Israeli Theater Award, Actress of the Year, for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• 1998 – Rosenblum Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts