| Bar Paly | |
| Birth Name: | Varvara Alexandrovna Paley |
| Birth Place: | Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Years Active: | 2003–present |
Bar Paly (born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley)[1] is an Israeli actress and model.
Paly was born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley in Nizhny Tagil, Russia (former USSR), to Olga (née Drob) and Alexander Paley.[2] Her grandfathers served in the Soviet Red Army during World War II.[3] She was passionate about music in her childhood, playing the piano from age four.[4] Her family immigrated to Israel when she was nine,[5] and she was raised in Tel Aviv, Israel.[6] 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.[7]
Paly began a career in modeling at the age of 17.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10]
Paly has appeared in TV's How I Met Your Mother, The Starter Wife, and the 2008 horror film The Ruins.[11]
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.[12]
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 .
Between 2017 and 2018 she played Helen of Troy in the Arrowverse show DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
Paly is of Russian Jewish descent.[13] In August 2016, Paly became a naturalized U.S. citizen.[14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Zehirut Matzlema | Divi | Television film |
| 2008 | The Ruins | Archeologist | |
| 2012 | A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III | Maria-Carla | |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Sorina Luminita | |
| 2014 | Non-Stop | Iris Marianne | |
| Million Dollar Arm | Lisette | ||
| 2015 | Street Level | Shelby | |
| 2016 | Urge | Denise | |
| Lost Girls | Kara | Short film | |
| 2019 | Against the Clock | Lauren De Isigney | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mia Opal | Episode: "Heart of Glass" | ||
| 2008 | The Starter Wife | Lola | Recurring role, 5 episodes | |
| Unhitched | Chloe | Episode: "Yorkshire Terrier Sucked Into the Internet" | ||
| 2010 | How I Met Your Mother | Natalia | Episode: "Rabbit or Duck" | |
| 2012 | Underemployed | Tatiana | Recurring role, 2 episodes | |
| Game Shop | Faux-Nerd | Episode: "Faux Nerd Girl" | ||
| 2015 | Parental Indiscretion | Taylor | Episode: "Bad Blood Test" | |
| 2015–2023 | Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck | Recurring role (season 6–14), 34 episodes | ||
| 2016 | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Krisztina | Episode: Pilot | |
| Training Day | Natalia Vostok | Episode #1.1 | ||
| 2017 | Bosch | Leni | Episode: "The Four Last Things" | |
| 2017–2018 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Helen of Troy | Episode: "Helen Hunt", "The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly" | |
| 2018 | iZombie | Amanda Lewis | Episode: "Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Brain" |