
Mishel Gerzig
Model and singer
Mishel Gerzig is an Israeli model and singer whose career includes international agency representation and campaigns for fashion and beauty brands. She began modelling as a teenager and later served in the Israeli Navy before returning to the industry. Based in Madrid with her family, she has also released music under the name Mishel. She married Belgium and Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in 2023; their daughter Ellie was born in 2024.

- Born
- 5 Jun 1997
Mishel Gerzig photos
Photo credits
- Mishel Gerzig in a Z Sport campaign. · Ran Karisi / Instagram @mishelgerzig · Instagram @mishelgerzig ↗
- Mishel Gerzig in a grey evening gown. · Instagram · @mishelgerzig ↗
- Mishel Gerzig shares an evening gown photograph. · Instagram · @mishelgerzig ↗
- Mishel Gerzig preparing for Paris Fashion Week. · Instagram · @mishelgerzig ↗
- Mishel Gerzig in a Louis Vuitton look at Paris Fashion Week. · Instagram · @mishelgerzig ↗
- Mishel Gerzig outside the Louvre during Paris Fashion Week. · Instagram · @mishelgerzig ↗
- Mishel Gerzig in a pink dress from an October photo diary. · Instagram · @mishelgerzig ↗
- Mishel Gerzig shares a family photograph. · Instagram · @mishelgerzig ↗
- Mishel Gerzig on an ELLE Bulgaria cover in her Next Management portfolio. · ELLE Bulgaria / Next Management · Next Management ↗
Career and background
Gerzig began modelling at 13 and has appeared in campaigns for GUESS and Twentyfourseven. Her agency portfolio with Next Management documents her international modelling work. She has described modelling as a career that began well before her relationship with Courtois, with her parents supporting her early professional commitments.Sources: Ynet / Menta ↗ · Next Management ↗
Her modelling career paused for military service. In a first-person interview, she described commanding an Israeli Navy search-and-rescue ship and the responsibility involved in the role. After completing that service, she chose to return to modelling. She has also spoken publicly about the personal adjustment that followed leaving such a structured and demanding environment.Source: Ynet / Menta ↗
Beauty campaigns remain part of her work. In a Ynet interview on the set of the ICON VEIL fragrance campaign for Jade, she discussed dividing her time between Spain and Israel. The conversation showed the practical side of maintaining an international career while living in Madrid and raising a young daughter.Source: Ynet ↗
Music has become another creative outlet. Gerzig said she had taken singing lessons at school and returned to singing after Ellie’s birth, encouraged by family, friends and Courtois. She initially entered the studio without a fixed career plan and decided to release the result. By a June 2026 interview she was working under the name Mishel and had released two singles.Sources: Ynet ↗ · Het Nieuwsblad ↗
Relationship history
Mishel Gerzig and
Thibaut Courtois began dating in 2021 after first connecting on Instagram. In a joint interview, they recalled that his comment on a photograph of her dog, Mylo, started the conversation. They became engaged during a boat trip near Positano in 2022 and married in Cannes on 26 June 2023. Their civil celebration at Château de la Croix des Gardes included Jewish and Christian elements. Their daughter Ellie was born on 30 March 2024. Gerzig has also spoken about her close relationship with Courtois’s two older children.
Relationship sources
- Thibaut Courtois Ynet ↗
- Relationship context Vanity Fair España ↗
- Relationship context PEOPLE ↗
Children
- NameEllieDate of birthOther parentThibaut Courtois ↗
Family life
Courtois has two older children with Marta Domínguez. Gerzig has spoken about caring for them while respecting their mother’s role.Source: Ynet / Menta ↗








