Bar Paly (Hebrew: ×'ר ×¤× ×œ×™â€Ž; born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley,
Russian: Ð'арвара Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Палей,
(1982-04-29)April 29, 1982) is an Israeli-American actress and
model.Paly was born in Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, to
Olga (née Drob) and Alexander Paley. She was passionate about music
in her childhood, playing the piano from age four. Her family
immmigrated to Israel when she was seven, and she was raised in Tel
Aviv. Her grandfathers served in the Red Army during WWII. In her
school days, her interest in acting led her to enroll at the Aleph
High School of Arts Tel Aviv-Yafo, where she performed in a number
productions by William Shakespeare and Bertolt Brecht, such as the
play Antigone.Paly began a career in modeling at the age of 17. She
has appeared as a cover girl in several magazines, including Maxim,
Rolling Stone and GQ. 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. Paly has appeared in TV's How I
Met Your Mother, The Starter Wife, and the 2008 horror film The Ruins.
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. Since 2015, Paly has had a recurring role as
Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck on the American crime drama NCIS: Los
Angeles. She posed for the cover of Esquire's Latin American edition
in May 2014.Paly is of Russian Jewish descent. She married Canadian
director Ian Kessner in 2007. She filed for divorce 11 years later in
2018 citing "irreconcilable differences".
Russian: Ð'арвара Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Палей,
(1982-04-29)April 29, 1982) is an Israeli-American actress and
model.Paly was born in Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, to
Olga (née Drob) and Alexander Paley. She was passionate about music
in her childhood, playing the piano from age four. Her family
immmigrated to Israel when she was seven, and she was raised in Tel
Aviv. Her grandfathers served in the Red Army during WWII. In her
school days, her interest in acting led her to enroll at the Aleph
High School of Arts Tel Aviv-Yafo, where she performed in a number
productions by William Shakespeare and Bertolt Brecht, such as the
play Antigone.Paly began a career in modeling at the age of 17. She
has appeared as a cover girl in several magazines, including Maxim,
Rolling Stone and GQ. 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. Paly has appeared in TV's How I
Met Your Mother, The Starter Wife, and the 2008 horror film The Ruins.
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. Since 2015, Paly has had a recurring role as
Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck on the American crime drama NCIS: Los
Angeles. She posed for the cover of Esquire's Latin American edition
in May 2014.Paly is of Russian Jewish descent. She married Canadian
director Ian Kessner in 2007. She filed for divorce 11 years later in
2018 citing "irreconcilable differences".
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