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A native of Los Angeles, Rakefet Abergel is an award-winning American/Israeli actor, writer, director, and producer. She appeared in the movie Superbad with Jonah Hill, and as Adam Sandler's sister in Just Go with It . She can also be seen in the films My Best Friend's Girl opposite Dane Cook, with Halle Berry in The Call, and alongside Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington in the film, A Thousand Words. Rakefet also regularly guest stars on TV shows including Showtime's Shameless, New Girl, My Name is Earl, Bella and the Bulldogs, and iCarly. Her newest film, Boo, which she wrote, produced, and starred in, is her film directorial debut. Previously she also directed various episodes of a web series called "Girls on Girls". The short screenplay for Boo was a finalist in the Best Short Screenplay category at Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio and won Best Short Script at Vancouver Bad Ass Film Festival in Canada. It also won an Honorable Mention at Women in Horror Film Festival in Atlanta and was an official selection at over 15 festivals worldwide. The first film Rakefet wrote was the award-winning horror/thriller short film called Jax in Love, which she co-produced with executive producer & casting director Jory Weitz (Napoleon Dynamite). The film, directed by Oscar-nominated director Colin Campbell made the festival rounds and garnered Abergel ten Best Actress awards from a variety of film festivals including Nightmares Film Festival, Hollywood Horrorfest, GenreBlast Film Festival, and Oregon Scream Week. The film also won Best Horror Short at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and Best Original Screenplay, as well as over 30 awards for various aspects of the film. She also teaches Hebrew to sixth and seventh graders in Los Angeles and works as an acting coach and mentor for kids and adults at Kid (F)Actor, a company she founded in 2010. Boo is the second production from Cyclamen Films, Rakefet's production company that produced Jax in Love. She is represented across the board at Bohemia Group in LA and New York.
Rakefet Abergel
Jodi Birch
for Jodi Birch in iCARLY REVIVAL (SEASON 4)
Suggested by enzotakerian
Set right after the events of season 3, Carly and Spencer finally reunite with their mother who just showed up unexpectedly. Mrs. Shay is really proud that her daughter and Freddie are a couple, and she's proud that Spencer became rich doing the things he loves, despite dropping out of law school. She also says that she has watched EVERY episode of "iCarly" since the beginning. Apparently, she owes somebody skeptical a huge amount of money and she has come to ask Spencer for a loan. Carly asks why she didn't just call them, and it was because she's in so much debt that she doesn't have phone service. After a couple of episodes where Carly processes what's going on, Spencer agrees to give Mrs. Shay the amount of money, and to support her the gang goes with her on a road trip to meet the guy she has to pay back. Throughout the trip, Freddie thinks about asking Carly "the big question." Before they left, Mrs. Benson gave Freddie his grandmother's ring. They take a pit stop for a bathroom break and a drink. At the bar or restaurant, a biker gang shows u bothering everyone and Spencer or Harper accidentally starts a fight with them, and just when things are about to get violent, the biker leader tells everyone to stop, because she recognises Carly. She removes her helmet, and Carly says, "SAM?"
