Angela Sarafyan
Angela Sarafyan | |
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Sarafyan at the 2017 in San Diego Comic-Con | |
Born |
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR | June 30, 1983
Other names | Angela Sarafian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2000–present |
Website |
angela-sarafyan |
Angela Sarafyan (Armenian: Անժելա Սարաֆյան; June 30, 1983) is an Armenian-American actress. She is sometimes credited as Angela Sarafian. She portrayed Clementine Pennyfeather on the HBO series Westworld.[1]
Early life
Sarafyan was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR. When she was four, she moved with her parents to the United States, settling in Los Angeles. Her father, Grigor Sarafyan, is an actor and her mother is a painter. She did ballet and played piano as a child. She attended Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School located in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA.[2][3]
Career
Sarafyan plays Stormy on Sex Ed: The Series, and she has appeared as a guest-star in several television series such as Judging Amy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Shield, The Division, 24, Cold Case, South of Nowhere, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, Nikita, Blue Bloods and The Mentalist. In 2008, she had a recurring role in the USA Network series In Plain Sight. In 2010 Sarafyan joined the cast of The Good Guys, playing offbeat and socially awkward Samantha Evans.[4] She appeared in Lost & Found in Armenia in 2012.[5]
Sarafyan has acted in the feature films: On the Doll, Kabluey, The Informers, A Beautiful Life, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, and Lost & Found in Armenia. She played the role of Egyptian vampire Tia in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, the mate of vampire Benjamin.[6]
She plays Clementine Pennyfeather on HBO's Westworld.[7]
Sarafyan, who was born in Armenia, appears in The Promise (2016), a film about the Armenian Genocide.[8]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | The Last Run | Lauren | |
2005 | Halfway Decent | Liberty Edwards | |
2007 | Kabluey | Ramona | |
2007 | On the Doll | Tara | |
2008 | A Beautiful Life | Maggie | |
2008 | The Informers | Mary | |
2009 | Half Truth | Trig | Short film |
2009 | Repo Chick | Giggli | |
2009 | Love Hurts | Layla | |
2009 | Velvet | Beatrice | Short film |
2009 | Foolishly Seeking True Love | Belle | Short film |
2011 | American Animal | Not Blonde Angela | |
2011 | A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | Willow Talbot | |
2012 | Speed Demons | Lala | |
2012 | Drift | Short film | |
2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Tia | |
2012 | Lost & Found in Armenia | Ani | |
2013 | Noise Matters | Sandy | |
2013 | The Immigrant | Magda Cybulska | |
2013 | Paranoia | Allison | |
2014 | Night Vet | Franny & Zoey | Short film |
2014 | Never | Rachel | |
2015 | 1915 | Angela | |
2015 | Me Him Her | Heather | |
2015 | Me You and Five Bucks | Pam | |
2015 | Blackbird | Angel | Short film |
2016 | Mercury Plains | Alyssa | |
2016 | The Promise | Maral | |
TBA | Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile | Joanna | In post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Judging Amy | Aisha Al-Jamal | Episode: "Culture Clash" |
2002 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Lori | Episode: "Him" |
2002 | Paranormal Girl | Crystal | Television film |
2004 | The Shield | Sosi | Episode: "All In" |
2004 | The Division | Madison Grant | Episodes: "Zero Tolerance: Parts 1 & 2" |
2005 | Wanted | Natalia | Episode: "Sex Pistols" |
2006 | South of Nowhere | Paige | Episode: "Say It Ain't So, Spencer" |
2006 | 24 | Inessa Kovalevsky | Episode: "Day 5: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m." |
2006 | CSI: NY | Sara Jackson | Episode: "Open and Shut" |
2007 | Lincoln Heights | Opal Woodford | Episode: "Baby Doe" |
2007 | Cold Case | Philippa 'Phil' Abruzzi (1919) | Episode: "Torn" |
2008 | In Plain Sight | Tasha Turischeva | Episodes: Pilot, "To Serge with Love" |
2008 | The Mentalist | Adrianna Jonovic | Episode: "Ladies in Red" |
2008 | Ernesto | Sydney | Television film |
2009 | Sex Ed: The Series | Stormy | Web series |
2009 | Hot Sluts | Helena / Alena | Recurring role |
2009 | Eastwick | Jenna | Episode: "Red Ants and Widows" |
2009 | Floored and Lifted | Jade | Episode: "Merde" |
2010 | Childrens Hospital | Olga | Episode: "Give a Painted Brother a Break" |
2010 | The Good Guys | Samantha Evans | Main role |
2011 | Criminal Minds | Lucy | Episode: "Supply and Demand" |
2011 | Nikita | Oksana | Episode: "Fair Trade" |
2012 | Let's Big Happy | Olive | Main role |
2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Anna | Episode: "Acceptable Loss" |
2013 | I Am Victor | Cucumber | Television film |
2014 | Blue Bloods | Frannie Ferguson | Episode: "Custody Battle" |
2015 | American Horror Story | Alice | Episodes: "Magical Thinking", "Show Stoppers" |
2016–present | Westworld | Clementine Pennyfeather | Main role |
References
- ↑ "Get Ready to Be Infatuated by the Star of HBO's New Show 'Westworld'". Town & Country Magazine. September 29, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Angela Sarafyan (Actress) interviewed by Joan Quin". July 5, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ↑ Comingore, Aly (October 19, 2016). "Angela Sarafyan On 'Westworld,' 'The Promise,' And How To Dream Big". Nylon. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Angela Sarafyan Joins The Good Guys". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ↑ "Jamie Kennedy and Angela Sarafyan Star In 'Lost And Found In Armenia'". Asbarez. March 23, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Casting Update: Twilight's 'Breaking Dawn'". Deadline Hollywood. October 13, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
- ↑ Wigler, Josh (November 14, 2016). "'Westworld' Star on Clementine's Heartbreaking Reveal: "I Didn't Know That This Would Happen"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ↑ "The Promise's Angela Sarafyan Shares Her Story". Asbarez. March 17, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.