# Emilia Ares

Emilia Ares is an Armenian-American film and television actress, producer, and author. Her award-winning debut contemporary fiction novel, Love and Other Sins, encompasses complex family dynamics, immigration, child abuse, the aftermath of trauma and first love. In 2024, Ares released her critically acclaimed sophomore novel, ‘’Love and Other Cages’’. Kirkus called it “a heart-wrenching thriller with multiple twists that will keep readers hooked until the final page.” ‘’Love and Other Cages’’ appeared in Publisher's Weekly's 50th anniversary edition where Booklife called it “a sprawling romantic thriller…tense, surprising, and powered by grand surges of feeling. Ares brings real power and fear.”

## Early life

Emilia Ares grew up in Los Angeles, California. 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. Ares also completed several courses on the history of film.
Ares finished as 1st Runner-up in Miss Global 2013 beauty pageant, representing Armenia.

## Career
### Advertisements

Ares is most recently recognized for her national Verizon spot featuring Thomas Middleditch and national Jergens campaign featuring Leslie Mann for Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer.
She has appeared in many ads some of which include appearances for Apple, Sony, Coca-Cola, and a PSA called "Time" for the American Academy of Dermatology.

### 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. Subsequently, Ares has worked on several film projects, including V/H/S: Viral (2014) and The Dark Tapes (2016). Ares played Natalie in Mr. Invincible alongside Bill Engvall and Alyson Stoner. 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.
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. Ares portrayed Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia in the Fox series American Horror Story.

## 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 |