Nati Ninet Tayeb (; born October 21, 1983), commonly known as Ninet, is an Israeli musician, singer-songwriter, composer, DJ, model, actress, and a reality television program judge in Rising Star: Israel. She is considered among the most famous people in the Israeli entertainment industry, and was labeled in 2015 as "One of the hottest new artists to break into the United States." Early life Ninet was born and raised in Kiryat Gat, Israel, to Maghrebi Jewish parents. Her father Yosef Tayeb was born in Tunisia, whereas her mother Marcelle (née Malka) was born in Morocco. Both her parents have separately immigrated to Israel. She is the third of five siblings and was nicknamed "Nina" at a very young age by her family and friends. Ninet served as a soldier in the Combat Engineering Corps of the Israel Defense Forces. Ninet was brought up around music with performances in small events as a teenager. She was mainly influenced by artists such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Oasis. Career Ninet has released four successful albums in Israel (one of them in English), and has twice won Israel's Favorite Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards. She has also worked with producer Mike Crossey (who produced her third album, Sympathetic Nervous System), and artists such as Steven Wilson, Gary Lucas, Cyndi Lauper, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and The Dead Daisies. Alongside her musical career, Ninet has enjoyed a successful acting career, performing in movies, scripted series, and the theater. One of her first roles in theater was Wendla in the Israeli production of Spring Awakening. In 2018 Ninet had a role in the Israeli TV series, When Heroes Fly. Tayeb was also the singing voice for Mary Poppins in the Hebrew dub of the Disney movie, as well as the singing voice of Tiana in the Hebrew dub for Disney's The Princess And The Frog. Ninet finished her first high-profile international tour in the U.S, Canada (Toronto & Montreal), and Europe in 2016. The tour featured songs from her recent release. It was her 5th album and the first to be released and promoted in the U.S. As part of her tour, Ninet was selected to perform at SXSW in March 2016. She was also featured as a guest vocalist on Steven Wilson's tour, who, after their successful collaborations in the past, invited her to join him for several performances. The 2016