At the age of 16, she was a soloist for the band Samana, which performed Western rock in Arabic. In the 1990s, she studied at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Tel Aviv. She also appeared in
The Bubble, a film by director
Eytan Fox. She sang the
theme songs for the films
Forgiveness (directed by
Udi Aloni), and
Lemon Tree (directed by
Eran Riklis). In 2002, she collaborated with
Achinoam Nini in a version of the
Beatles song "
We Can Work It Out." She appeared in an album of live performances of Greek singer
George Dalaras. In the summer of 2002 she starred as
Eliza Doolittle in the
Israeli Opera production of
My Fair Lady, directed by Micha Levinson, at the
Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. She also participated in the Israeli children's song festival "Festigal", performing the song
Take the Journey. In 2005, Awad collaborated with
The Idan Raichel Project on the song
Azini (Comfort Me) on Idan Reichel's second album "Mi'ma'amakim." In 2006, she appeared as an
IDF soldier in the Cameri production of a musical adaptation of
Maya Arad's novel in verse "Another Place, a Foreign City." In 2007, she played Amal, an Arab-Israeli human rights lawyer married to Amjad's Jewish friend, Meir, in the Israeli sitcom "Arab Labor." Awad represented
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, along with
Achinoam Nini (known outside Israel as Noa). The song won a place in the Eurovision final on May 16, and eventually finished in 16th place with 53 points. Awad had previously tried to represent Israel in
Eurovision 2005 with the song
Zman (Time), but landed 8th place in
the national final. On May 15
Noa and Awad released a collaborative album
There Must Be Another Way featuring both duets and solo tracks. Awad's debut solo album
Acrobat (بهلوان, Bahlawan) was released in June, featuring songs she wrote and composed, in collaboration with Israeli guitarist Amos Ever-Hadani. In 2010, she was part of a panel that chose the song to represent
Israel in
Eurovision 2010 to be sung by
Harel Skaat. She participated in the fifth season of
Rokdim Im Kokhavim, the Israeli version of
Dancing with the Stars. Her dancing partner was Dani Yochtman. They reached the semi-final stage of the competition, coming in 4th place. She also starred in the TV drama ''Noah's Ark'', playing Ruthi. In 2013, Awad performed with Israeli heavy metal band
Orphaned Land on their fifth album,
All Is One, replacing their long time female vocalist,
Shlomit Levi. In February 2025, Noa and Mira Awad performed at the first night of the Italian
Sanremo Music Festival with a cover of "
Imagine", addressing the
Gaza war. ==Political views==