Emilia Ares
Emilia Ares is an Armenian-American film and television actress, producer, and novelist. Her debut novel, "Love and Other Sins", is a work of young adult contemporary fiction about complex family dynamics, immigration, child abuse, the aftermath of trauma and first love. Early life. She was born in Armenia and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child, where 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 "" (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".