Bar Paly

Early life

Paly was born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley in Nizhny Tagil, Russia (former USSR), to Olga (née Drob) and Alexander Paley. Her grandfathers served in the Soviet Red Army during World War II. She was passionate about music in her childhood, playing the piano from age four. Her family immigrated to Israel when she was nine, and she was raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. In her school days, her interest in acting led her to enroll at the Aleph High School of Arts Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, where she performed in a number of productions by William Shakespeare and Bertolt Brecht, such as the play Antigone.

Career

Modelling

Paly began a career in modeling at the age of 17. She has appeared as a cover girl in several magazines, including Maxim, Rolling Stone and GQ.

She posed for the cover of Esquires Latin American edition in May 2014.

Acting

In 2003, she began her career as an actress appearing in a variety of roles for television and appeared in the Israeli mockumentary television film Zehirut Matzlema.

Paly has appeared in TV's How I Met Your Mother, The Starter Wife, and the 2008 horror film The Ruins.{{cite web|title= Pain and Gain Adds Supermodel Bar Paly|first= Brian|last= Gallagher|website=MovieWeb|url= http://www.movieweb.com/news/pain-and-gain-adds-supermodel-bar-paly

In 2013, Paly held roles in both Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray.

She also had a supporting role in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson.

She also played in the 2014 action thriller film Non-Stop, opposite Liam Neeson.

Since 2015, Paly has had a recurring role as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck on the American crime drama NCIS: Los Angeles.

Between 2017 and 2018 she played Helen of Troy in the Arrowverse show DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

Personal life

Paly is of Russian Jewish descent. In August 2016, Paly became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Filmography

Notes

References

References

1. (5 August 2013). "Наши люди в Голливуде". Channel 9.
2. "Bar Paly".
3. "Bar Paly on Instagram: "#May9 #VictoryDay Commemorates the victory of #Russia over Nazi Germany in World War II and honors the 20 million Soviets who died in the war. These are my grandfathers, both contributed to the war effort in those very difficult years, 1941-1945. #TrueHeroes #NotForgotten #WeMusntLetThisHappenAgain Все меньше становится ветеранов Войны, но они не уходят от нас, они просто встают в строй Бессмертного полка. #БессмертныйПолк #9Мая #ДеньПобеды #МоиДедушки #Герои"".
4. Caspi, Dudi. (13 October 2016). "סודות אל.איי". Israel Hayom.
5. Dechter, Kristina. (2013). "All The Right Moves".
6. Halutz, Avshalom. (8 August 2013). "Israel sends another gorgeous Bar to Hollywood". Haaretz.
7. Keller, Joel. (10 April 2015). "Why we want to hang out with Bar Paly".
8. Klein Leichman, Abigail. (30 June 2014). "Israel's top 10 models to watch".
9. "Cover of Esquire Mexico with Barbara Paly, May 2014 (ID:30588)". Fashion Model Directory.
10. "Bar Paly".
11. Sneider, Jeff. (28 February 2012). "Bay casts supermodel Paly in 'Pain and Gain'". Variety.
12. Jacobsohn, Ron. (12 August 2013). "Israeli actress Bar Paly makes Hollywood debut". Jewish News One.
13. Paly, Bar. (11 August 2016). "#NewUScitizen #ItsOfficial #iCanVote 🇺🇸👍🏼".