Winter Ave Zoli

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Winter Ave Zoli
Winter Ave Zoli Sons of Anarchy FX Premiere September 2014 (cropped).jpg
Zoli at the Sons of Anarchy FX Premiere in September 2014
Born (1980-06-28) June 28, 1980 (age 43)
Alma mater International School of Prague
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1993-present
Spouse
Csaba Lucas
(m. 2015)
Children3
Modeling information
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue

Winter Ave Zoli (born June 28, 1980) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Lyla Winston in FX's TV series Sons of Anarchy , Amy Snyder in Bosch (2017-2018), and for Deserted (2016). Zoli also appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015) and Code Black (2017).

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Early life

Zoli was born in New Hope, Pennsylvania to Richard and Sue Uhlarik. She is of partial Czechoslovakian descent. [1] At the age of 11, she moved with her family to Czech Republic. She attended middle school and high school at the International School of Prague. She studied ballet, but after developing a love for the stage and the craft of acting, she moved on to musical theater.

At age 13, she began working in European and American productions that came to Prague. At 17, she attended the Carnegie-Mellon summer school theater program and, at 19, enrolled in the Atlantic Theater Company acting school in New York City, founded by playwright David Mamet and actor William H. Macy.

Career

After graduating from the professional program, Winter moved to Los Angeles. She appeared in the 2007 film Sex and Death 101 as Alexis, the fast food beauty. She held the main role of legendary Libuše in the 2009 Czech film The Pagan Queen . Winter gained further international recognition with her main role as Lyla Winston on the hit American TV series Sons of Anarchy . She posed nude in Playboy magazine's March 2011 edition, commenting that "nudity is not a problem for [her]." [2]

In 2016, Winter starred in the feature film Deserted opposite Mischa Barton, Jackson Davis, Trent Ford, Dana Rosendorff, Lance Henriksen, Jake Busey and Gerry Bednob. The film is a psychological thriller about a group of friends on a road trip to a music festival in "Death Valley - which results in getting them hopelessly lost in the most stunning, but unforgiving, topographical terrain on the planet". [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Flawless Tasha
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Eva
2007 Trust Me Lolly
2007 Sex and Death 101 Alexis De Large (#37)
2008FoldRachelShort
2008MaestroArianeShort
2008ReservationsMarketa
2009 The Pagan Queen Libuse
2010Psych:9Emma
2011ProdigalAngela O'NeilShort
2012 Bad Ass Tatiana
2014 Cat Run 2 TatianaVideo
2016 Deserted Rosemary
2016 Spaceman Mrs. Lee
2020 Superman: Red Son Svetlana (voice)Video
2022 Father Stu Allison
2022 Savage Salvation Darlene

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel Cecile"A King's Ransom"
2004Wuthering Heights Isabella Linton TV film
2005 Revelations Anna-TheresaTV miniseries
2009 The Philanthropist Ivana Kleiner"Paris"
2009–2014 Sons of Anarchy Lyla Dvorak-Winston Recurring role (seasons 2–7)
2011 Chaos Irina"Eaten by Wolves"
2012 Perception Paulina"Faces"
2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Eva Belyakov "Melinda"
2015 Legends Det. Gabriella LaskaMain role season 2
2017 Code Black Monica"One in a Million"
2017–18 Bosch Amy SnyderRecurring role (seasons 3–4)

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References

  1. "Q&A: "Legends" Actress Winter Ave Zoli | Young Hollywood".
  2. "Sons of Anarchy" Star Winter Ave Zoli Covers Playboy, Says Nudity "Not a Problem", Hollie McKay, Fox news, February 16, 2011
  3. "Deserted (2016) IMDB". IMDb . Retrieved 2 September 2017.