Evgenia Dodina


Evgenia Dodina is an Israeli theater, film, and television actress, originally from Soviet Belarus. After meeting director Yevgeny Aryeh at the Mayakovsky Theater in Moscow, she immigrated to Israel and became a founding member of the Gesher Theater.
Dodina has appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television series in Israel and abroad, and has received multiple awards for her performances. She is known for her linguistic versatility, having performed in Hebrew, Russian, German, English, Polish, and Dutch.

Biography

Dodina was born in Mogilev, in Soviet Belarus, to a father who was a teacher and a mother who was a pediatrician. She studied acting at the Stroganov Moscow State [Academy of Arts and Industry|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.

Theater career

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, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Slave, Medea, and The Cherry Orchard.
She later joined the Habima National Theater, where she starred in plays including Little Eyolf, A Track to Damascus, Anna Karenina, A Simple Story, 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.

Film and Television Career

Dodina has acted in over 50 films and television series. She appeared in four Ophir Awards-winning films: Saint Clara, Circus Palestine, Nina's Tragedies , and several award-winning TV productions including A Touch Away Rehearsals.
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 . She won Best Actress at the Haifa International Film Festival for Invisible.
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, and In Times of Fading Light.

Personal life

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

Awards and recognition

Theater