Nicol Raidman
Birth nameNicol Raidman
Born (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Saxophone
Years active2011–present

Nicol Raidman (Hebrew: ניקול ראידמן, Ukrainian: Ніколь Райдман; 11 June 1986)[1] is a USSR-born Israeli figure, businesswoman and philanthropist's wife. She participated in two seasons of the Israeli reality show Me'usharot, Israel's answer to The Real Housewives franchise.[2]

Born in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, Raidman is an only child. Her father is a businessman, and her mother is a musician who ran the Conservatory in Ukraine and the "Tower of Light (theatre)", a Yiddish musical theater in Odesa. Nicol herself learned to play the saxophone in her youth.

In 1996, ten-year-old Raidman and her family emigrated to Israel. She worked as a salesperson in a toy shop. At the end of high school, she enrolled in communications and international relations at the Open University while working as a makeup artist and a production assistant.

In 2011 she opened a luxury clothing store, "Madame de Pompadour", in Tel Aviv. In April 2013, she launched a perfume bearing the name of the store and sold exclusively duty-free.

In 2019 she launched her singing career.[3] Aki Avni appears as her love interest in two music videos.[4][5]

Personal life

Raidman was married to the entrepreneur, Michael Cherney.[3] They have two children together, Michelle and Richard. They parted in mid 2019.

She is close friends with Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli politician, Benjamin Netanyahu.[3]

Philanthropy

In 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, she donated NIS 300,000 to immediately buy protective vests for combat Israeli soldiers,[6] and another NIS 200,000 to buy food and clothing for soldiers.[7]

References

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