Emilia Ares

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Emilia Ares
Born
Emilia Ares Zoryan

Armenia [1]
Other namesEmilia Ares
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation
  • Actress
  • producer
  • novelist
Years active2011–present

Emilia Ares is an Armenian-American film and television actress, producer, and award-winning author. [2] Her debut coming of age, contemporary fiction novel, Love and Other Sins, encompasses complex family dynamics, immigration, child abuse, the aftermath of trauma and first love. [3]

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Early life

She was born in Armenia and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child, [1] where she toured locally and internationally with a dance company since she was 5 years old.[ citation needed ] Ares graduated from Palisades Charter High School with honors. She graduated from UCLA with a BA in economics and minored in Russian language. [4] Ares also completed several courses on the history of film. [1]

Ares finished as 1st Runner-up in Miss Global 2013 beauty pageant, representing Armenia. [1] [5]

Career

Advertisements

Ares is most recently recognized for her national Verizon spot featuring Thomas Middleditch [6] and national Jergens campaign featuring Leslie Mann for Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer. [7]

She has appeared in many ads some of which include appearances for Apple, [8] Sony, Coca-Cola, [9] and a PSA called "Time" for the American Academy of Dermatology. [10]

Film

Ares made her film debut in Falling Overnight (2010) as Chloe Webb, a young photographer who meets and develops a relationship with Elliot Carson (Parker Croft) on the day before he has surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor. [11] Subsequently, Ares has worked on several film projects, including V/H/S: Viral (2014) and The Dark Tapes (2016). [12] [13] Ares played Natalie in Mr. Invincible alongside Bill Engvall and Alyson Stoner. [14] Ares also appeared in Will Wernick's anticipated Escape Room follow-up, No Escape (2020).

Television

For Ares's first television appearance, she landed the role of Anastasia on Unstrung , an ABC Family one-hour pilot from Life Unexpected executive producer Emily Whitesell. [15]

Ares had a guest star role, under the name Emilia Ares, in the second season of detective TV series Bosch from Amazon Studios. The series is based on the novels centered on the character of the same name by Michael Connelly. The second season of the series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 11 March 2016. [16] Ares portrayed Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia in the Fox series American Horror Story . [17]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010BreatheCamilaShort film
2011 Falling Overnight Chloe Webb
2011 My Trip to the Dark Side Vixen
2012Lose YourselfVixen
2013Tangential LivesLillianShort film
2013CovetousAmeliaShort film
2013TissueEmiliaShort film
2014 V/H/S: Viral IrisSegment: "Vicious Circles"
2016 The Dark Tapes CaitlinSegment: "Cam Girls"
2018Mr. InvincibleNatalie
2020 No Escape Viktoria

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
2014UnstrungAnastasiaEpisode: "Pilot"
2016 Bosch LaylaRecurring role; 7 episodes
2018 American Horror Story: Apocalypse Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia Episode: "Fire and Reign"
2020 NCIS Layla ZolotovEpisode: "On Fire"

Music videos

YearTitleRoleArtist
2009"Rollacoasta"Lead Girl Robin Thicke ft. Estelle
2011"Where Them Girls At"Ballerina David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj
2013"Hold On, We're Going Home"Guest Drake
2014"The Wolfpack"Sam Angels & Airwaves

Producer

YearTitleNotes
2019BurdenShort film; also co-executive producer
2020Sebastian's ToysTelevision mini-series; also executive producer, director and writer

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