Emilia Zoryan

Emilia Ares Zoryan (born May 3, 1990) is an Armenian-American film and television actress, producer, director and writer.[2] She finished as 1st Runner-up in Miss Global 2013 beauty pageant.[3]

Emilia Ares
Born
Emilia Ares Zoryan

(1990-05-03) May 3, 1990
Armenia[1]
Other namesEmilia Ares Zoryan, Emilia Zoryan
OccupationActress, producer, director, writer
Years active2011–present

Emilia Ares is of Armenian, Spanish, Arabic, Iranian, and Italian descent.[4] Ares graduated from Palisades Charter High School with honors and earned a BA in Economics from UCLA.[5] It is there that she minored in the Russian Language and studied film. Shortly after, she made her film debut as the lead in Conrad Jackson's award-winning Falling Overnight. Subsequently, Ares starred in V/H/S Viral and The Dark Tapes.[4] She landed a recurring guest star role in the second season of Amazon's critically acclaimed noir detective hit, Bosch. Next, Ares will play Natalie in Mr. Invincible alongside Bill Engvall and Alyson Stoner.[4] Ares also appeared in Will Wernick's anticipated Escape Room follow-up, No Escape (2020).[4] Ares portrays Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia in the Fox series American Horror Story.[4]

Early life

She was born in Armenia and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child[6], where she toured locally and internationally with a dance company since she was 5 years old.[4] Ares graduated from Palisades Charter High School with honors. She graduated from UCLA with a BA in Economics and minored in Russian language.[5] Ares also completed several courses on the history of film.

Career

Advertisements

Emilia is most recently recognized for her national Verizon spot featuring Thomas Middleditch[7] and national Jergens campaign featuring Leslie Mann for Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer.[8]

Emilia has appeared in many ads some of which include appearances for Apple,[9] Sony, Coca-Cola,[10] and a PSA called "Time" for the American Academy of Dermatology.[11]

Film

Emilia made her film debut in Falling Overnight 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.[5] Emilia has worked on several film projects, including Falling Overnight (2011) and V/H/S: Viral (2014)[4]

Television

On television, Emilia has a guest star role in the second season of TV series Bosch from Amazon Studios.[4] The series is based on the novels centered on the character of the same name by Michael Connelly. The first season of the series was released on Amazon Prime Video on February 13, 2015.[12] For Emilia'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. [13]

Filmography

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

Television
Year Show Role Notes
2014 Unstrung Anastasia Episode: "Pilot"; as Emilia Ares Zoryan
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. https://style.news.am/eng/news/6588/emilia-zoryan-to-represent-armenia-at-miss-global-2013--exclusive-interview.html
  2. "Emilia Ares". www.modelmayhem.com. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  3. Unknown. "Miss Global show runner strokes angels". Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  4. "Emilia Ares". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  5. Offer, Avi. "Emilia Ares Zoryan, star of Falling Overnight". Nycmovieguri.com. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. https://style.news.am/eng/news/6588/emilia-zoryan-to-represent-armenia-at-miss-global-2013--exclusive-interview.html
  7. "Verizon Unlimited TV Commercial, 'Roadside Rescue' Featuring Thomas Middleditch". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  8. "Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer TV Commercial, 'No Towel Yet' Featuring Leslie Mann". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. "Apple iPhone TV Commercial, 'Loved'". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. "Diet Coke TV Commercial, 'First Kiss'". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  11. "Emilia Zoryan TV Commercials". ISpot.tv. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. "Amazon's Original Hour Long Drama Series Bosch". BusinessWire.
  13. "ABC Family's Tennis Drama Pilot Fills Two Main Roles (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 1 May 2014.
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