Ava Deluca-Verley

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Ava Deluca-Verley
Born (1989-09-27) September 27, 1989 (age 33)
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present
Website www.avadelucaverley.com

Ava Deluca-Verley (born September 27, 1989) is an American television and film actress who is best known for her role in NBC's comedy series Growing Up Fisher , playing the daughter of Jenna Elfman and J. K. Simmons's characters. She is of French descent.

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Early life

Deluca-Verley spent most of her childhood living with her family in Winchester, Massachusetts. She began her artistic education at the Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, before attending college at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, graduating in 2012. Her father is from France. She has dual citizenship in France, and speaks French fluently. [1]

Career

Deluca-Verley appeared in Oscar-winning screenwriters Jim Rash and Nat Faxon's directorial debut The Way, Way Back starring Steve Carell, Toni Collette and Sam Rockwell, which sold to Fox Searchlight at Sundance Film Festival in 2013. She has guest starred on TNT's Southland , as well as playing a supporting role in Australian feature film, Blinder .

In 2014, she starred alongside Hugo Becker in the PBS three-hour mini series, The Mystery of Matter: Search for Elements, helmed by Emmy Award-winning director Stephen Lyons. [2]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 The Way, Way Back Katy
2013 Blinder College Girl
2019 Ring of Silence April Sharpe
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Southland RebeccaEpisode: "Bleed Out"
2014 Growing Up Fisher Katie FisherSeries Regular; 13 episodes
2015 The Mystery of Matter Marie Anne LavoisierSeries Regular
2016 Party Girl (Hulu) ShannonSeries Regular
2019 All Rise Maia LambertEpisode: "Long Day's Journey Into ICE"

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References

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  2. "Ava Deluca-Verley's Bio on WhoSay". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-03.