[1] She has been a model for over 20 years, and has acted on various television programs and movies; she played the title role in the 2010 Israeli feature film Naomi.

At 15, under difficult relationship circumstances where her father remarried, she left and immigrated to Israel to join her mother; she stayed at an absorption center in Upper Nazareth.

Although her mother was born in Israel, Peres was not accustomed to the differences in mentality, and did not speak a word of Hebrew at the time of her immigration.

[need quotation to verify] At 16, Peres quit school and moved from Nazareth to Tel Aviv,[1] where she worked as a cleaner and a waitress until she began modeling in 1989.[how?]

[citation needed] Raz Yuvan of Haaretz remarked, "Over the years, she advanced from modeling bathing suits to the top of the industry.

I was embarrassed to make money from posing, and especially troubled by the fact that I lacked a proper education; but I had to work and couldn't support myself and study at the same time.

[1] She made several guest appearances on Israeli television in series such as Ha Burganim (The Bourgeoisie), and Tik Sagur (Case Closed).

She cameoed as a UN volunteer in The Syrian Bride,[1] and had the lead role in Beshamayim Aherim (Different Sky), the latter of which showed at the Haifa International Film Festival.

In response to why she did not act earlier in her career, she said that she struggled with her confidence in pronunciation, and was afraid to speak in advertisements because of it: "I am still aware of my shortcomings and my ability to pronounce certain words is a bit problematic even today, but I've learned to live with it.

"[2] In 2008, Peres did a cover of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which was produced by Assaf Amdursky for the soundtrack of Reshef Levi's film Lost Islands.