Niv Sultan
Niv Sultan is an Israeli actress. She is best known for starring in Tehran, an Israeli espionage thriller television series that premiered in 2020 on Apple TV+ and Kan 11.
Early life and education
Niv Sultan was born in 1991 or 1992 Jerusalem, Israel, to a family of Moroccan Jews.After completing her compulsory military service, she attended acting classes for three years at Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio in Tel Aviv. As a student, she participated in the institution's production of A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller; Sultan assumed a lead role as Catherine, opposite her classmate Tomer Machloof.
Career
Between 2015 and 2017, Sultan starred in the Israeli family sitcom La Famiglia on Channel 10. In 2016, she had a regular role alongside Amit Rahav and Daniel Gad in the Israeli youth drama series Susey Pere on the TV channel Zoom. In 2017, she starred alongside Omer Dror and Noa Kirel in the Israeli teen comedy Kimaat Mefursemet.Sultan was chosen as the lead role in the Apple TV+ Israeli espionage television series Tehran, where she stars as Tamar Rabinyan, a Mossad agent working a ground operation in Tehran, Iran.
During a 2020 interview, Sultan explained why she loves portraying Tamar in the series: "For me, that was what I love most about her. I mean, she's a real person, as you said, she's not the cliche of a superhero, Mossad agents saving the world....Yes, she's brave but she's also scared, makes mistakes, falls in love, and misses her dad. And I think that's the beauty of her."
In 2020, Sultan starred alongside Tomer Capone in Asaph Polonsky's short film, Long Distance. In 2022, she starred alongside Lior Ashkenazi in the Israeli suspense series, Boged on Hot.
In 2024, Sultan was cast in a new medical thriller series, Heart of a Murderer on Hot. She will portray Dr. Dasi Nakash, a transplant surgeon in the series.
She also stars alongside her husband, Maor Schweitzer and Amit Rahav in Matchmaking 2, a Haredi comedy film and sequel to Matchmaking.
She plays young police investigator Revi Shem-Tov in the Channel 12 crime thriller series, Murder at the Dead Sea, which began airing in late 2025 In 2026, she began filming Matchmaker 3 alongside Yadin Gellman.
Other activities
Sultan is the owner of Sultana, a jewelry company, together with her sisters Bar and May.Since 2021, she has been a brand ambassador for Samsung in Israel.