Ariela Barer

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Ariela Barer
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Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2007–present
Relatives Libe Barer (sister)

Ariela Barer is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Gert Yorkes in the Hulu original series Runaways .

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Early life

Both her parents are Mexican-born Jews. [1]

Her older sister Libe Barer [2] [3] is also an actress.

Career

Ariela Barer started acting at the age of three and started professionally at nine. She has since starred in a variety of projects and performed as part of an indie rock band called The Love-Inns. [4] She was cast as Gert Yorkes on Runaways , which aired its first season on Hulu, as part of its original programming, from November 21, 2017 to January 9, 2018. [5] She also portrayed Carmen on One Day at a Time and Bailey Bennett on Atypical .

Ariela Barer attends a 2023 screening of How to Blow Up a Pipeline in Brooklyn, New York Ariela Barer.png
Ariela Barer attends a 2023 screening of How to Blow Up a Pipeline in Brooklyn, New York

Personal life

On November 3, 2016, Barer publicly came out as lesbian with a status update on Twitter. [6] [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong Sonali MatthewsDirect-to-video
Stellina BlueKamand
2011All Kids CountMaria
2017A Place I'd Like To BeShort film
2018 Ladyworld Olivia
2021The Ultimate Playlist of NoiseSarah
DisfluencyLacy
2022 How to Blow Up a Pipeline XochitlAlso co-writer and producer
2023OdditiesLailaShort film
TBA See You When I See You Filming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Yo Gabba Gabba! Super Martian Robot Girl (voice)Recurring role
2008 ER Jasmine EscalanteEpisode: "Life After Death"
90210 Rana ShiraziEpisode: "Games People Play"
2009 Valentine Young WendyEpisode: "She's Gone"
Weeds ScoutEpisode: "Perro Insano"
2011Keenan's CrushSamantha4 episodes
2012 New Girl Young Cece2 episodes
2013King JohnSofieTelevision film
2014 Modern Family SophieEpisode: "And One to Grow On"
I Didn't Do It MeganEpisode: "Ball or Nothing"
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Esther PendragonEpisode: "Ranger and the Legend of Pendragon's Gavel"
2015 Liv and Maddie ShaynaEpisode: "Muffler-A-Rooney"
The Thundermans KylieEpisode: "Exit Stage Theft"
2016 K.C. Undercover Alexis McCreeryEpisode: "Undercover Mother"
2017 One Day at a Time Carmen4 episodes
2017–2018 Atypical Bailey Bennett7 episodes
2017–2019 Runaways Gertrude "Gert" Yorkes Main cast
2020 Grey's Anatomy PaulaEpisode: "Life on Mars?"
2021 Rebel ZiggieMain role
2021 Saved by the Bell Chloe5 episodes
2025 The Last of Us Mel

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References

  1. "'One Day at a Time's Goth Carmen Is Now a Superhero on Marvel's Runaways". remezcla.com.
  2. "'The Beautiful Barer Sisters Compare Beauty Notes'". April 16, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. "'One Day at a Time's Goth Carmen is Now a Superhero on Marvel's 'Runaways'".
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  6. Mey (December 24, 2017). "Ariela Barer is Gay: "One Day at a Time" and "Runaways" Star Comes Out on Twitter, Happy Holigays Everybody". Autostraddle. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  7. Barer, Ariela [@ArielaBarer] (November 3, 2016). "Literally everything I do is to get back at the people who called me ugly & gay in middle school. They were right, but it was mean spirited!" (Tweet) via Twitter.