Shirley Gal received her B.A Degree in acting from the Theatre Arts Department in Tel Aviv University. Since 1998, when she and Tali Kark created the performance "And Only This One Got no Cookie", directed by Ruth Kanner she has been an actress in The Ruth Kanner Theatre Group as well as served as costume designer and choreographer. She received the Mifal HaPais Landau Prize for Arts and Sciences in 2017.