[4] Givaty's first role was in a live sketch on the Israeli tonight show (Kol Layla) where she played an American reporter.
Givaty continued shooting the segment even after she moved to New York City where she attended acting school at the HB Studios.
Upon her arrival, she quickly landed the lead role in a film called The Passage starring opposite Stephen Dorff.
[2] In 2007, the movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival where critics called Givaty's performance "star making".
[2] In 2010, it was announced that Givaty would portray Mossad Officer Liat Tuvia for two episodes in the eighth season of NCIS.
[6] Then-executive producer Shane Brennan elaborated on the character's role in the story arc, saying that Liat's presence would leave series regular Ziva (Cote de Pablo), a former Mossad agent, feeling replaced "personally and professionally".