Ronit Elkabetz (Hebrew: רונית אלקבץ‎; 27 November 1964 – 19 April 2016) was an Israeli actress, screenwriter and film director.

Her younger brother Shlomi also became a director, and they worked together on the trilogy Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem.

[7] During her final years, she was honorary president of the Mizrahi feminist movement "Ahoti – for Women in Israel", and volunteered in the organization's activities, such as the fair trade store and clothing drives.

[9] Elkabetz's first film appearance was in The Appointed (1990), where she played in the starring role opposite Shuli Rand.

Her character, Nicole, made history, sharing the first-ever lesbian kiss on Israeli television with Shira (Ayelet Zurer).

In 2004 she was nominated for an Ophir Award for Or (My Treasure), and starred in the Israeli legal drama series Franco and Spector.

In 2004 she wrote, directed (with her brother, Shlomi Elkabetz) and starred in the semi-autobiographic film To Take a Wife, for which she was again nominated for an Ophir Award.

Her other recent French projects have included Ashes and Blood, Turk's Head, and Les mains libres.

[23] Elkabetz died of lung cancer in Tel Aviv on 19 April 2016 at the age of 51 after a long struggle with the disease.