{{Short description|Israeli-American actress}} {{distinguish|Bar Refaeli}} {{Use American English|date=May 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Bar Paly | image = Bar Paly.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Paly in 2016 | native_name = בר פאלי | native_name_lang = he | birth_name = Varvara Alexandrovna Paley | birth_date = <!-- Exact age is disputed. DO NOT add a DOB unless a consensus can be reached on the talk page. --> | birth_place = Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, USSR | citizenship = {{hlist|Israel|United States (from 2016)}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}} | years_active = 2003–present | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8.5}} | module = {{Infobox model | embed = yes | haircolour = Light Blond | eyecolour = Amber | agency = Traffic Models }} }} '''Bar Paly'''{{efn|{{langx|he|בר פאלי}}}} (born '''Varvara Alexandrovna Paley'''){{efn|{{langx|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> is a Russian born, Israeli-American actress and model.<ref name="traffic">{{Cite web|url=https://www.trafficmodels.com/social/celebrities/3094-bar-paly/|title=Bar Paly|website=trafficmodels.com|access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref>
==Early life== 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 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=https://www.haaretz.com/culture/1.540370|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809055440/http://www.haaretz.com/culture/1.540370|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2013|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 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''.<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>
==Career== ===Modelling=== 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'', ''Rolling Stone'' and ''GQ''.<ref name="KleinLeichman" />
She posed for the cover of ''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>
===Acting=== In 2003, she began her career as an actress appearing in a variety of roles for television and appeared in the Israeli mockumentary television film ''Zehirut Matzlema''.<ref name="Ask Men">{{cite web|title=Bar Paly |website=AskMen|url= http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/models/bar-paly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219052216/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/models/bar-paly|archive-date=2012-12-19}}</ref>
Paly has appeared in TV's ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''The Starter Wife'', and the 2008 horror film ''The Ruins''.<ref name="MovieWeb">{{cite web|title= Pain and Gain Adds Supermodel Bar Paly|first= Brian|last= Gallagher|website=MovieWeb|url= http://www.movieweb.com/news/pain-and-gain-adds-supermodel-bar-paly |date=29 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016074642/http://www.movieweb.com/news/pain-and-gain-adds-supermodel-bar-paly|archive-date=2013-10-16}}</ref>
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.
She also had a supporting role in Michael Bay's ''Pain & Gain'', alongside Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson.<ref name="Variety">{{cite news|title= Bay casts supermodel Paly in 'Pain and Gain'|first= Jeff|last= Sneider|work=Variety|accessdate=2013-03-25|url= https://variety.com/2012/film/news/bay-casts-supermodel-paly-in-pain-and-gain-1118050846/|date=28 February 2012}}</ref>
She also starred in the 2014 action thriller film ''Non-Stop'', opposite Liam Neeson.
From 2015 to 2023, Paly 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 ''DC's Legends of Tomorrow''.
==Personal life== Paly is of 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>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film roles |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2003 | ''Zehirut Matzlema'' | Divi | Television film |- | 2008 | ''The Ruins'' | Archeologist | |- |2012 | ''A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III'' | Maria-Carla | |- |2013 | ''Pain & Gain'' | Sorina Luminita | |- | rowspan=2|2014 | ''Non-Stop'' | Iris Marianne | |- | ''Million Dollar Arm'' | Lisette | |- |2015 | ''Street Level'' | Shelby | |- | rowspan=2|2016 | ''Urge'' | Denise | |- | ''Lost Girls'' | Kara |Short film |- |2019 | ''Against the Clock'' | Lauren De Isigney | |- |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television roles |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2007 | ''CSI: NY'' | Mia Opal | Episode: "Heart of Glass" |- | rowspan="2"|2008 | ''The Starter Wife'' | Lola | Recurring role, 5 episodes |- | ''Unhitched'' | Chloe | Episode: "Yorkshire Terrier Sucked Into the Internet" |- | 2010 | ''How I Met Your Mother '' | Natalia | Episode: "Rabbit or Duck" |- | rowspan="2"|2012 | ''Underemployed'' | Tatiana | Recurring role, 2 episodes |- | ''Game Shop'' | Faux-Nerd | Episode: "Faux Nerd Girl" |- | 2015 | ''Parental Indiscretion'' | Taylor | Episode: "Bad Blood Test" |- | 2015–2023 | ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' | Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck | Recurring role (season 6–14), 34 episodes |- | rowspan="2"|2016 | ''Jean-Claude Van Johnson'' | Krisztina | Episode: Pilot |- | ''Training Day'' | Natalia Vostok | Episode #1.1 |- | 2017 | ''Bosch'' | Leni | Episode: "The Four Last Things" |- | 2017–2018 | ''DC's Legends of Tomorrow'' | Helen of Troy | Episodes: "Helen Hunt", "The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly" |- |2018 |''iZombie'' |Amanda Lewis |Episode: "Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Brain" |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Video game roles |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2011 | ''L.A. Noire'' | Marguerite Cansito | |}
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==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.instagram.com/barpaly/ Bar Paly instagram] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180626192937/http://barpaly.com/ Official website] (archived version) * {{IMDb name|1427034|Bar Paly}}
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