She served in the Israel Defense Forces in Tzevet Havai of the Southern Command.

In 1969 her manager got her a part in the stage comedy show A Funny Thing Happened to Me On The Way To Suez written by Saul Biber The show was canceled shortly thereafter due to a publicized objection by a bereaved mother who lost her son in The Sinai War.

In 1972, Shavit acted in the stage show Chocolate Mint Gum - The Zionist Congress of Laughter alongside Yardena Arazi.

"[2] In 2017, she starred in the play My Mother the General (Hebrew: אמי הגנרלית) an adaptation from the 1979 film by the same name.

[5] Shavit resides in north Tel Aviv with her husband, producer Avishay Dekel.