Elysia Rotaru

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Elysia Rotaru
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Rotaru in 2018
Born
Crystal Elysia Lorraine Rotaru

(1984-11-09) November 9, 1984 (age 40)
Occupation(s)Actress, voice artist
Years active2006–present
Children1 [1]

Elysia Rotaru (born November 9, 1984) is a Canadian actress known for playing Taiana Venediktov in Arrow .

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Biography

Rotaru was born in Vancouver to Romanian parents and is fluently bilingual in English and Romanian. [2] From a young age, she took dance classes and was involved in school plays as well as piano recitals. She enrolled at Simon Fraser University for a career in psychology, but in the middle of the program she changed to theatre, earning a degree in Fine Arts with a specialty in theatre. [3] She also studied traditional Chinese medicine. [4]

Career

Rotaru debuted in 2008 as a guest star on an episode of the USA Network series, Psych , this was followed by appearances in television series such as Eureka of SyFy and Smallville and Supernatural on The CW. In 2010, Rotaru was given a recurring role in Hellcats , where she played Betsy. She also starred in the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules where she played Ingrid, a main character in the fictional horror film The Foot. [5]

In 2015, she appeared as a guest star on Motive , a television series broadcast on ABC and on the CW's iZombie . She temporarily voiced Sabine Wren on Disney XD's Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales . [6] On August 10, 2015, Rotaru was cast in the TV show Arrow as Taiana Venediktov, a love interest to Oliver Queen. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Annoying Orange: Turducken Assassin / Sexy Chick #1Short
2009DeadweightKimShort
Stan Helsing Hot Girl #1
2010CrookedPamelaShort
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Ingrid
2013AmpZoeyShort
2014 Girl House Heather
EarthlickersGoddess OShort
2015The WallBrittanyShort
RunSophieShort
Broken Masters Lara Croft Short
2016 Countdown A.D.A.
2017Dead Again in TombstoneAlicia
2019 Cold Pursuit Diner Waitress
KillbirdTaylor
2021 Justice Society: World War II [8] [9] Black Canary Voice, direct-to-video [10]
2024 Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths [11]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Psych Lantern LadyEpisode: "Ghosts"
2008 Eureka Teri WallaceEpisode: "What About Bob?"
2008-2010 Smallville Female Inn Guest / Elizabeth Bishop2 episodes
2010-2011 Hellcats Betsy3 episodes
2011 Sanctuary French WomanEpisode: "Carentan"
2012 Fringe Paige RandallEpisode: "Everything in Its Right Place"
2012-2014 Supernatural Shaylene Johnson / Victoria Dodd2 episodes
2012Finding Mrs. ClausEmilyTelevision film
2013 Mr. Young ReporterEpisode: "Mr. Sasquawk"
2013 King & Maxwell KellyEpisode: "Second Chances"
2014 Rush TinaEpisode: "Learning to Fly"
2015 Backstrom Melinda NorburgEpisode: "Bella"
2015 iZombie TessEpisode: "Pilot"
2015-2016 Arrow Taiana VenediktovRecurring; season 4-5, 19 episodes
2015 Motive Pam HextonEpisode: "Reversal of Fortune"
2015 Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales Sabine WrenVoice, episode: "Mission to Mos Eisley" [10]
2016ReapersMoranaMiniseries
2016 Travelers Irene IngramEpisode: "Ave Machina"
2017 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Sable SpiritVoice, episode: "Campfire Tales" [10]
2018 Nina's World Ms. BiancoVoice, episode: "Sky High Mystery" [10]
Corner Gas Animated 60's Girl, HipsterVoice, episode: "A Scary Cat Graffiti" [10]
2019 Marvel Super Hero Adventures She-Hulk Voice, episode: "From Hulk to Eternity" [10]
2021 Turner & Hooch Krista St. Jean1 episode
A Snowy ChristmasKelly MitchumTelevision film

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Various Performance Capture Actor
2017 Lone Echo HeraVoice acting
2017 Madden NFL 18: Longshot Various Motion capture actor
2017 FIFA 18 Beatriz VillanovaVoice acting
2017 Puzzle Fighter Additional Voices
2017 Need for Speed Payback Curator
2018 Dragalia Lost Corsaint Phoenix / KristyVoice acting [10]
2018 FIFA 19 Beatriz VillanovaVoice acting
2019 Crackdown 3 Agents [10]
2019 Anthem Princess ZhimVoice acting [10]
2019 FIFA 20 Beatriz VillanovaVoice acting
2020 Legends of Runeterra Lunari Priestess / Arrel the Tracker / VariousVoice acting
2020 Avengers Alisande Morales, Helen Gable, AIM SecurityVoice acting [10]
2021 Cookie Run: Kingdom Beet CookieVoice acting [10]
2022 Elder Scrolls Online EmberVoice acting
2024 Homeworld 3 Imogen S'jetVoice acting
2025 Avowed Chandler Weadan / The WatcherVoice acting

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Production AssistantEpisode: "Johnny Cage"
2012Choose Your VictimHarper Hill7 episodes

References

  1. "ELYSIA on Instagram: "9 months in 👉🏼 9 months out #postpartumbody #motherhood #momandbaby #BBG #momsofinstagram #momlife #mama #whatajourney"".
  2. "Elysia Rotaru Interview". Naluda Magazine. May 9, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  3. McCarthy, Mike (August 21, 2015). "Elysia Rotaru talks Arrow and more". Wingman Magazine. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  4. "Elysia Rotaru". School Creative. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  5. Foreman, Troy. L (January 6, 2015). "Interview: Elysia Rotaru". The PC Principle. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  6. Clow, Mitchel (March 11, 2015). "'iZombie' guest star Elysia Rotaru wants to be a zombie: 'I just hope that one of my boobs doesn't rot off in the process!'". Hypable. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  7. Abrams, Natalie (August 10, 2015). "'Arrow' casts Oliver's new love interest". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  8. Schedeen, Jesse (April 27, 2021). "Justice Society: World War II Review". IGN. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  9. Stone, Sam (March 29, 2021). "Justice Society: World War II's Elysia Rotaru Talks Finding the Emotional Honesty of Black Canary". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Elysia Rotaru (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  11. Milligan, Mercedes (May 7, 2024). "WB Details Next DC Animated Chapter Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 8, 2024.