Melissa Amit Farkas[1] was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to an Ashkenazi Israeli Jewish family.

She became known in 2006 when she recorded the song Millions of Stars in memory of her brother, Captain Tom Farkash, who died in a helicopter crash during the Second Lebanon War in 2006 while serving in the Israel Defense Forces.

On hearing of his death, Amit asked a friend of Tom to write the song, which she sang for the first time publicly at his funeral.

[7] In 2009 Farkash got her first big lead role in TV, starring as Ella Rosen in the Israeli fantasy drama series Split.

[13] In September 2019, Farkash married her partner Yair Yonas and in January 2021, gave birth to the couple's first child, Anna.