Editing Bar Paly

{{Short description|American actress}}

{{distinguish|Bar Refaeli}}

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| name = Bar Paly

| image = Bar Paly.jpg

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| caption = Paly in 2016

| birth_name = Varvara Alexandrovna Paley

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|04|29}}

| birth_place = [[Nizhny Tagil]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR]]

| occupation = {{hlist | Actress | model}}

| years_active = 2003–present

'''Bar Paly''';{{efn|{{lang-he|בר פאלי}}}} ({{lang-he|בר פאלי}}) born '''Varvara Paley''',{{efn|{{lang-ru|Варвара Палей}}}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://9tv.co.il/video/2013/08/05/43092.html|title=Наши люди в Голливуде|publisher=Channel 9|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=2019-10-07|language=ru}}</ref> (born29 April 1982) is an Israeli-American actress and model.

Paly was born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley in [[Nizhny Tagil]], [[Russia]] (former USSR), to Olga (née Drob) and Alexander Paley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://viral-trending.com/girls/Bar-Paly/|title=Bar Paly|website=Viral-Trending|accessdate=2019-10-07|archive-date=2019-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007135358/http://viral-trending.com/girls/Bar-Paly/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her grandfathers served in the Soviet [[Red Army]] during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BT3PRadFnye/ | title=Bar Paly on Instagram:『#May9 #VictoryDay Commemorates the victory of #Russia over Nazi Germany in World War II and honors the 20 million Soviets who died in the war. These are my grandfathers, both contributed to the war effort in those very difficult years, 1941-1945. #TrueHeroes #NotForgotten #WeMusntLetThisHappenAgain Все меньше становится ветеранов Войны, но они не уходят от нас, они просто встают в строй Бессмертного полка. #БессмертныйПолк #9Мая #ДеньПобеды #МоиДедушки #Герои』}}</ref> She was passionate about music in her childhood, playing the piano from age four.<ref>{{cite news|last=Caspi|first=Dudi |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/419729|title=סודות אל.איי|work=Israel Hayom|date=13 October 2016|accessdate=2019-10-07|language=he}}</ref> Her family [[Aliyah|immigrated]] to [[Israel]] when she was nine,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dechter|first=Kristina |url=http://aritzia.com/Profile:-Bar-Paly/ea10-bar-paly,default,pg.html|title=All The Right Moves|magazine=Aritzia|issue=10|date=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410233302/http://aritzia.com/Profile:-Bar-Paly/ea10-bar-paly,default,pg.html|archive-date=2013-04-10}}</ref> and she was raised in [[Tel Aviv]], Israel.<ref>{{cite news|last=Halutz |first=Avshalom |url=http://www.haaretz.com/culture/1.540370|title=Israel sends another gorgeous Bar to Hollywood|date=8 August 2013|work=Haaretz|accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref> In her school days, her interest in acting led her to enroll at the [[Ironi Alef High School|Aleph High School of Arts Tel Aviv-Yafo]], Israel, where she performed in a number of productions by [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Bertolt Brecht]], such as the play ''[[Antigone (Brecht play)|Antigone]]''.<ref name="Keller">{{cite web|last=Keller |first=Joel |url=http://www.fromthegrapevine.com/arts/5-reasons-we-want-hang-out-bar-paly|title=Why we want to hang out with Bar Paly|website=From the Grapevine|date=10 April 2015|accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref>

Paly began a career in modeling at the age of 17.<ref name="KleinLeichman">{{cite web|last=Klein Leichman|first= Abigail|url=https://www.israel21c.org/israels-top-10-models-to-watch/|title=Israel's top 10 models to watch|website=Israel21c|date=30 June 2014|accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref> She has appeared as a [[cover girl]] in several magazines, including ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[GQ]]''.<ref name="KleinLeichman" />

She posed for the cover of ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''{{'}}s Latin American edition in May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/magazines/esquire-mexico/covers/may-2014/barbara-paly-30588/|title=Cover of Esquire Mexico with Barbara Paly, May 2014 (ID:30588)|publisher=Fashion Model Directory|accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref>

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She also played in the 2014 action thriller film ''[[Non-Stop (film)|Non-Stop]]'', opposite [[Liam Neeson]].

Since 2015, Paly has had a recurring role as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck on the American crime drama ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''.

Between 2017 and 2018 she played [[Helen of Troy]] in the [[Arrowverse]] show ''[[Legends of Tomorrow|DC's Legends of Tomorrow]]''.

Paly is of [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jewish]] descent.<ref name=jn1>{{cite web|last=Jacobsohn |first=Ron |url=http://jn1.tv/video/israel/israeli-actress-bar-paly-makes-hollywood-debut-1.html |title=Israeli actress Bar Paly makes Hollywood debut |publisher=Jewish News One|date=12 August 2013 |accessdate=2015-07-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214040258/http://jn1.tv/video/israel/israeli-actress-bar-paly-makes-hollywood-debut-1.html |archivedate=2013-12-14 }}</ref> In August 2016, Paly became a [[naturalized U.S. citizen]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Paly|first=Bar |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BI-rVc7DGuS/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/barpaly/1314678731403193234 |archive-date=2021-12-25 |url-access=registration|title=#NewUScitizen #ItsOfficial #iCanVote 🇺🇸👍🏼|via=Instagram|date=11 August 2016|accessdate=2019-10-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

| Television film

|Short film

| 2015–2023

| Recurring role (season 6–14), 34 episodes

==Notes==

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[[Category:American film actresses]]

[[Category:American people of Israeli descent]]

[[Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent]]

[[Category:American television actresses]]

[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]]

[[Category:Actors from Tel Aviv]]

[[Category:21st-century American actresses]]

[[Category:21st-century Israeli actresses]]

[[Category:1982 births]]