Emilia Ares

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]

Emilia Ares
Born
Emilia Ares Zoryan

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

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. 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
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Breathe Camila Short film
2011 Falling Overnight Chloe Webb
2011 My Trip to the Dark Side Vixen
2012 Lose Yourself Vixen
2013 Tangential Lives Lillian Short film
2013 Covetous Amelia Short film
2013 Tissue Emilia Short film
2014 V/H/S: Viral Iris Segment: "Vicious Circles"
2016 The Dark Tapes Caitlin Segment: "Cam Girls"
2018 Mr. Invincible Natalie
2020 No Escape Viktoria

Television
Year Show Role Notes
2014 Unstrung Anastasia Episode: "Pilot"
2016 Bosch Layla Recurring role; 7 episodes
2018 American Horror Story: Apocalypse Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia Episode: "Fire and Reign"
2020 NCIS Layla Zolotov Episode: "On Fire"

Music videos
Year Title Role Artist
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
Year Title Notes
2019 Burden Short film; also co-executive producer
2020 Sebastian's Toys Television mini-series; also executive producer, director and writer

References
  1. Avetisyan, Grigor (25 July 2013). "Emilia Ares to represent Armenia at Miss Global 2013 - exclusive interview". NEWS.am Style. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. "Readers' Favorite". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. "loveandothersins.com". Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. Offer, Avi. "Emilia Ares Zoryan, star of Falling Overnight". Nycmovieguri.com. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  5. Unknown. "Miss Global show runner strokes angels". Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. "Verizon Unlimited TV Commercial, 'Roadside Rescue' Featuring Thomas Middleditch". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. "Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer TV Commercial, 'No Towel Yet' Featuring Leslie Mann". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  8. "Apple iPhone TV Commercial, 'Loved'". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. "Diet Coke TV Commercial, 'First Kiss'". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  10. "Spot Skin Cancer TV Commercial, 'Time'". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  11. Catsoulis, Jeannette (11 August 2017). "A First-Date Tale". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  12. "'V/H/S Viral': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  13. Gelmini, David (8 July 2016). "Upcoming Anthology The Dark Tapes Picks Up Awards and Nominations". Dread Central. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  14. "Starring Alyson Stoner (Step Up), with Bill Engvall (Blue Collar Comedy), and introducing Jordan Ray Fox and Emilia Ares". Mr. Invincible. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  15. "ABC Family's Tennis Drama Pilot Fills Two Main Roles (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  16. "Amazon's Original Hour Long Drama Series Bosch". BusinessWire. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  17. Cobb, Kayla (8 November 2018). "'American Horror Story' Introduced Anastasia in Its Wildest Plot of the Season". Decider. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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