Acting in Israel & move to United States (1998-2005) Dohan graduated from the
Tel Aviv-based acting school
Nissan Nativ in 1998. After graduating, Dohan held numerous acting roles at two major theatres in Israel. This began with the
Cameri Theater, before also acting at the
Haifa Theatre. The Theatrical award was in the 'Most Promising New Actress' category. A couple of years later, Israeli playwright
Edna Mazia wrote a part into her play "Bad Children" specifically for Dohan. The role performance in
Bad Children lead to another Best Actress award at the Israeli Tony's. Prior to the release of Giraffes, Dohan also had roles in
The Legend of the Silent Man in 1998 and
Instructions Not Included in 1999. Dohan played the role of Efrat in the 2001 film, one of three women who cross paths after a dramatic evening means they cross paths. Her role in Giraffes led to her first Israeli Oscar nomination, known as a
Ophir Award, in 2002. For her role in
Giraffes she studied
French. The film also later won at the 2003 Scottsdale Arizona Film Festival. In speaking toward her work with her co-stars, they wrote "Their quick banter and easy back-and-forth are polished and at times charming, and together they make even the most disjointed material a pleasure to watch".
Major US roles & music (2006-present) In 2006 came Dohan's biggest break in the United States to date. After the first season of the television show
Weeds, Dohan secured the role as
Yael Hoffman, an Admission director of Ha Midrash L’Torah, the rabbinical school that main character
Andy Botwin attended. She appeared in every episode of season 2. In 2008, she appeared in both the
Off-Broadway and
Los Angeles productions of the play
Stitching Of Dohan's work in the Neilson play,
The New York Times wrote "With an actress as extremely gorgeous as Meital Dohan and a script that requires her to thrash around in ways most often seen in straight-to-video steamers, you would think that
Stitching would be heating up the Wild Project theater to the boiling point." They found that it did not, blaming the Neilson script for working "so hard at being gimmicky that it doesn't give Ms. Dohan and her co-star, Gian Murray Gianino, a chance to find real chemistry. No chemistry, no combustion." They granted that the two leads "give energetic, bruise-inducing performances under Timothy Haskell's direction", but that the script's manner of ricocheting "from comedy to pathos to psychosis without ever really providing the starting point that any play needs" placed too many demands on them. In 2009, she appeared in two episodes of the online series
Woke Up Dead. The series follows a young man who wakes up in a bath tub and has no heartbeat, making friends believe he became a
zombie. Dohan plays the character Aurora in the online series, which received positive reviews, including one from the
Los Angeles Times. Dohan returned to theatre in January 2011, headlining the
Alan Bowne stage play
Beirut in a limited revival directed by Andrew and Zach Zoppa in
New York City. Later in the year, Dohan starred in the dramatic
thriller Monogamy directed and written by
Academy Award nominee
Dana Adam Shapiro. The film centers on the strained relationship of a
Brooklyn couple, Theo (
Chris Messina) and Nat (
Rashida Jones). The film won "Best Narrative" at the
Tribeca Film Festival. Dohan has authored the book
Love and Other Bad Habits, Six years after originally starring in
Weeds, it was announced that Dohan would be returning for the 100th episode in 2012. In 2016, she joined the cast on
Cabaret Maxime, starring as herself.
Music In 2011, Dohan announced the production of her solo album ''I'm in Hate with Love''. Dohan began working with producers
Rami Afuni of
LMFAO and
Che Pope, who was best known for his work with
Dr. Dre,
Eminem and
Lauryn Hill. In October 2011, Dohan debuted "Yummy Boyz", a viral video that was featured on pop sites including Popdust.com, which called the tune catchy, upbeat and exuding the same sexiness and playfulness that the actress turned singer represented. In February 2012, Meital debuted her hit single, "Yummy" produced by Afuni, on iTunes, MTVu, MTV Buzzworthy, MTV LOGO and MTV Networks. Following the success of her video "Yummy Boyz" and her debut single "Yummy", Meital released the track "On Ya" featuring Sean Kingston, which PopCrush called a "club banger". The single hit No. 31 on the Billboard Dance Chart and No. 5 on the UK's Pop Chart, even before it was officially released. In addition, the song started playing on radio stations including KIIS-FM. "Yummy Boyz" received rave reviews by entertainment sites across the world, quickly solidifying her as a new gay icon and one of the Top 5 Artists to Watch according to PRIDE Radio and Dinah Shore. "Yummy" has also been the most spun single on PRIDE Radio, one of iHeartRadio.com's most popular channels and reached No. 49 on the
Billboard dance chart. Due to the success of "Yummy", the singer performed at the
Winter Music Conference, White Party, and The Dinah, who named Dohan one of the five emerging artists to watch in 2012. In addition, she presented at the 2012 International Dance Music Awards. In June 2012,
Interview premiered Dohan's second single "On Ya" featuring rapper-singer-songwriter
Sean Kingston. Dohan officially released the single on 6 June 2012. Dohan also released an official video for "On Ya" on 14 October 2012, which included Sean Kingston and which garnered over three million views over one month. The video was directed by
Ray Kay, who is known for his work on music videos for
Justin Bieber "Baby",
Britney Spears "Til The World Ends", and
Lady Gaga "Pokerface".{{cite web ==Partial filmography==