Illana Diamant


Illana Diamant, better known as Illana Shoshan is a Miss Israel, an actress, a film producer, and a social activist for female empowerment and women's rights

Biography

Shoshan was born in Israel, where she was crowned as Miss Israel in 1980 , . She went on to become an international model, which brought her to the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City where she studied acting. She then moved from New York to Los Angeles, where she took acting classes and story development at UCLA.
Within two years of moving to Los Angeles, Illana produced her first film, Joshua Tree, starring Dolph Lundgren. After marrying film producer Moshe Diamant, the couple formed Signature Entertainment group, where Illana was Head of Development. She also served as Casting Director on Signature films including Hairy Tale, The Body and Knock Off, and developed and produced the upcoming Funky Monkey from Warner Brothers.
in 2003 Illana produced Imaginary Heroes written and directed by Dan Harris starring Emile Hirsch, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels a.
nd Michele Wiliams.
At age 48, Illana Shoshan broke the glass ceiling again and led a fashion campaign for the Israeli Fashion line CRAZY LINE. Did A Ted talk on "Breaking the mold and rising above". Illana went back to school to get her LLB and MA in LAW and passed the bar.
In 2010, on the 60th anniversary of the Miss Israel pageant, Illana was elected Miss Israel of All Time in an open vote.
Illana is a board member of IWN Israeli Women Network, supports Economic Empowerment for Women. Illana is a co-founder of the Women's Empowerment Foundation in Los Angeles.

Marriage and children

Mother to Michael and Eleanor