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Ariela Barer
American actress
Ariela Barer (born October 14, 1998) is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Gert Yorkes in the Hulu original series Runaways.
Ariela Barer | |
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Photo by Sylvia Rittner, 2022 | |
| Born | (1998-10-14) October 14, 1998 (age 25) |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Relatives | Libe Barer (sister) |
Barer's parents are Mexican-born Jews.[1] Her older sister Libe Barer[2][3] is also an actress.
Ariela Barer started acting at the age of three and started professionally at nine. She has since starred in a variety of projects and performed as part of an indie rock band called The Love-Inns.[4] She was cast as Gert Yorkes on Runaways, which aired its first season on Hulu, as part of its original programming, from November 21, 2017 to January 9, 2018.[5] She also portrayed Carmen on One Day at a Time and Bailey Bennett on Atypical.[6]
On November 3, 2016, Barer publicly came out as lesbian with a status update on Twitter.[7][8] Barer uses she/her and they/them pronouns.[9]
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong | Sonali Matthews | Direct-to-video |
| Stellina Blue | Kamand | ||
| 2011 | All Kids Count | Maria | |
| 2017 | A Place I'd Like To Be | Short film | |
| 2018 | Ladyworld | Olivia | |
| 2021 | The Ultimate Playlist of Noise | Sarah | |
| Disfluency | Lacy | ||
| 2022 | How to Blow Up a Pipeline | Xochitl | Also co-writer and producer |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Yo Gabba Gabba! | Super Martian Robot Girl (voice) | Recurring role |
| 2008 | ER | Jasmine Escalante | Episode: "Life After Death" |
| 90210 | Rana Shirazi | Episode: "Games People Play" | |
| 2009 | Valentine | Young Wendy | Episode: "She's Gone" |
| Weeds | Scout | Episode: "Perro Insano" | |
| 2011 | Keenan's Crush | Samantha | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | New Girl | Young Cece | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | King John | Sofie | Television film |
| 2014 | Modern Family | Sophie | Episode: "And One to Grow On" |
| I Didn't Do It | Megan | Episode: "Ball or Nothing" | |
| Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street | Esther Pendragon | Episode: "Ranger and the Legend of Pendragon's Gavel" | |
| 2015 | Liv and Maddie | Shayna | Episode: "Muffler-A-Rooney" |
| The Thundermans | Kylie | Episode: "Exit Stage Theft" | |
| 2016 | K.C. Undercover | Alexis McCreery | Episode: "Undercover Mother" |
| 2017 | One Day at a Time | Carmen | 4 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Atypical | Bailey Bennett | 7 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Runaways | Gertrude "Gert" Yorkes | Main cast |
| 2020 | Grey's Anatomy | Paula | Episode: "Life on Mars?" |
| 2021 | Rebel[10] | Ziggie[11] | Main role |
| 2021 | Saved by the Bell | Chloe | 5 episodes |
| 2025 | The Last of Us | Mel |
- "'The Beautiful Barer Sisters Compare Beauty Notes'". April 16, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- "The Love-Inns". Bandcamp. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- Strom, Marc (February 2, 2017). "Marvel's Runaways Finds Its Cast". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- "Ariela Barer". IMDb. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- Mey (December 24, 2017). "Ariela Barer is Gay: "One Day at a Time" and "Runaways" Star Comes Out on Twitter, Happy Holigays Everybody". Autostraddle. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Barer, Ariela [@ArielaBarer] (November 3, 2016). "Literally everything I do is to get back at the people who called me ugly & gay in middle school. They were right, but it was mean spirited!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Barer, Ariela. "ariela (@ArielaBarer)". Twitter. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- "Rebel Drama From Grey's Boss, Starring Katey Sagal, Gets Series Order at ABC". TVLine. September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- Petski, Denise (February 20, 2020). "'Rebel': Ariela Barer To Co-Star In ABC's Erin Brockovich-Inspired Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- Ariela Barer at IMDb
