Episode 47 - From Game of Thrones to Genius, Ania Bukstein is Taking on Hollywood

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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"When Game of Thrones aired last year, I went to L.A [...] and I met the casting team for Genius. And she told me: Listen, I have an audition for you. And I taped for Mileva, for his [Einstein's] wife. Then, a week after, I got a phone call: come to London to meet Ron Howard. [...] I met with Ron and I read for him and I didn't get the part. I cried for a month... Maybe two." Not too many people can write Game of Thrones on their acting resume, and probably only one Israeli. Anya Bukstein grew up in Moscow in the time of the USSR. She moved to Israel with her parents at age 8 and began her acting career at age 12 with her performance in the Israeli film A New Country - a performance for which she was nominated for an Ophir Award, Israel’s most prestigious acting accolade. Since then, Anya has had quite a few acting gigs, both on stage and on the screen, most recently performing alongside Jeffery Rush in National Geographic’s Genius, a drama series about the life of Albert Einstein. Singing and playing the piano since childhood, Ania decided to expand beyond the screen and in 2013 she released 8 tracks on her eponymously named debut album. She’s released a few successful singles with world renowned DJ Offer Nissim and she's now finishing up her second album. Today we’re talking to Anya Bukstein and we’ll try to steer clear of any Game of Thrones spoilers.

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0:00.0	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.
0:07.0	Hi, I'm Aiton Weinstein.
0:10.0	And I'm Noor Minninger.
0:11.0	Not too many people can write Game of Thrones on their acting resume, and probably only one Israeli.
0:17.0	Anya Bukstein grew up in Moscow in the time of the USSR.
0:21.3	She moved to Israel with her parents at age eight and began her acting career at age 12, with
0:26.2	her performance in the Israeli film A New Country, a performance for which she was nominated
0:31.0	for an Ophir Award, Israel's most prestigious acting accolate.
0:36.3	Since then, Anya has had quite, I'm saying you smile. Since then,
0:42.4	Anya has had quite a few acting gigs over the years, both on stage and on the screen. Most
0:47.5	recently performing alongside Jeffrey Rush and National Geographic's Genius, a drama series about
0:52.4	the life of Albert Einstein. Singing and playing the piano since childhood, Anya decided to expand beyond the screen,
0:59.0	and in 2013 she released eight tracks on her eponymously named debut album.
1:05.0	She's now finishing up her second album, and she's also released a few successful singles with world-renowned DJ Ofer Nisi.
1:12.5	Today we're talking to Anya Buxtin and we'll try to steer clear of any Game of Thrones,
1:17.0	spoilers. This podcast is made in cooperation with the Jewish Journal,
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