Bar Paly
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Varvara Alexandrovna Paly [1][2]
April 29, 1985 (age 34)[1]
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| Nationality |
Israeli
American |
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Model, actress |
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| Years active |
2003–present |
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Varvara Alexandrovna "Bar" Paly (Hebrew: בר פאלי, Russian: Бар Александровна Пали; born April 29, 1985)[3] is an Israeli model and actress.
Paly was born in Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, USSR. Her family emigrated to Israel when she was ten,[4] and she was raised in Tel Aviv.[5] Paly began a career in modeling at the age of 21. In 2003, she began her career as an actress appearing in a variety of roles for television and appeared in the Israeli mockumentary Zehirut Matzlema.[6] Paly has appeared in TV’s How I Met Your Mother, The Starter Wife, and the 2008 horror film The Ruins.[7]
In 2013, Paly held roles in both Roman Coppola’s A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray, and Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson.[8] Since 2015, Paly has had a recurring role as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck on the American crime drama NCIS: Los Angeles.
Paly is of Jewish descent.[9] She is married to Canadian director Ian Kessner.[9][10]
On August 14, 2016, Paly became a naturalized U.S. citizen.[11]
Filmography