# Arly Jover

Araceli "Arly" Jover is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her role as the villainous vampire Mercury in the 1998 superhero film Blade.

## Life and career

Araceli Jover was born in Melilla, Spain. After living there for five years, her family was forced to move to Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands (Spain) because of her father's work as a soldier. She is the youngest of seven siblings; four sisters and three brothers.
During her early years, she wanted to become a dancer. She began dancing at the age of 8. At 14, she dropped out of school, and at 15, she won a scholarship from the Comité Hispano Norteamericano. Because of this, she left Spain and moved to New York City in order to continue to study at the School of American Ballet under Martha Graham. After two and a half years in the United States, her career then moved on to becoming an actress sometime around 1995–1996. She had her first role in an episode of the television show Women: Stories of Passion and starred in two international films Tango, and The Ballad of Johnny-Jane. After that, she did more work in television, before making her first American film debut in Blade, in 1998, as Mercury; the vampire lover of Deacon Frost.
In the following years, she starred in various small roles in films and TV episodes, as well as larger roles in other films such as Fish in a Barrel, and Vampires: Los Muertos. After 18 years in the United States, she then moved to France. Shortly after arriving there, she got a major role in the film Empire of the Wolves alongside Jean Reno.

## Personal life

Currently, she lives in Paris, France, with her daughter. Her family still lives in Mallorca, where Jover visits every year during the summer.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Tango | | |
| 1995 | The Ballad of Johnny-Jane | | |
| 1998 | Blade | Mercury | |
| 2000 | Everything Put Together | Nurse Edna | |
| 2000 | The Young Unknowns | Paloma | |
| 2000 | Four Dogs Playing Poker | Maria | |
| 2001 | Fish in a Barrel | Nina | |
| 2001 | Imposter | Newscaster #2 | |
| 2002 | Vampires: Los Muertos | Una | |
| 2003 | April's Shower | Sophie | |
| 2005 | Empire of the Wolves | Anna Heymes | |
| 2006 | Madame Irma | Ines | |
| 2007 | Two Worlds | Delphine | |
| 2008 | Le voyage aux Pyrénées | Aline | |
| 2008 | Little Ashes | Gala Dali | UK-Spanish production |
| 2009 | Regrets | Lisa | |
| 2009 | Magma | Ainhoa Javier | |
| 2010 | The White Line | Alice | |
| 2010 | Gigola | Johanne | |
| 2010 | Qui a envie d'être aimé? | Claire | |
| 2011 | The Minister | Séverine Saint-Jean | |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Liv | |
| 2012 | Quand je serai petit | Ana | |
| 2012 | Haute Cuisine | La journaliste Mary | |
| 2012 | The Lookout | Kathy | |
| 2013 | Turning Tide | Anna Bruckner | Original title: En solitaire |
| 2015 | The Idealist | Estibaliz | |
| 2015 | 2 Nights Till Morning | Céline | |
| 2016 | A Prominent Patient | Marcia Davenport | Czech: Masaryk |
| 2017 | Axolotl Overkill | Alice | |
| 2025 | In the Lost Lands | Ash | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Women: Stories of Passion | Pascal | Episode: "City of Men" |
| 1998 | Players | Kiva | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Dragnet | Katrina Fluery | Episode: "The Artful Dodger" |
| 2006 | This Girl Is Mine | Johana Iglesias | TV film |
| 2009 | Vénus & Apollon | Jo - l'amie d'Angie | Episode #2.5 |
| 2013 | Mon ami Pierrot | Cécilia | TV film |
| 2013 | Les Petits Meurtres D'Agatha Christie | Alma Sarrazin | Episode: "Pourquoi pas Martin?" |
| 2015 | Eyes Open | Hélène | TV film |
| 2015 | Captain Alatriste | Madame de Brissac | 11 episodes |
| 2015 | Malaterra | Adriana Agnese | 8 episodes |
| 2015 | Magnum Opus | Irune Gormendia | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Sense8 | Georges | Episode: "Amor Vincit Omnia" |

### Music video

* "Walking After You", Foo Fighters (1998) — Female love interest