Winter Ave Zoli
{{short description|American actress and model}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2012}}
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| image = Winter Ave Zoli Sons of Anarchy FX Premiere September 2014 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Zoli at the Sons of Anarchy FX Premiere in September 2014
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| name = Winter Ave Zoli
| birth_date =
| birth_place = New Hope, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}
| alma_mater = International School of Prague
| yearsactive = 1993-present
| spouse = {{marriage|Csaba Lucas|2015}}
|children =
|haircolor = Blonde
|eyecolor = Blue
|height = {{height|m=1.70}}
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Winter Ave Zoli is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Lyla Winston in FX's TV series Sons of Anarchy, Amy Snyder in Bosch (2017-2018), and for Deserted (2016). Zoli also appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015) and Code Black (2017).
Early life
Zoli was born in New Hope, Pennsylvania to Richard and Sue Uhlarik. She is of partial Czechoslovakian descent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.younghollywood.com/scene/q-a-legends-actress-winter-ave-zoli.html|title = Q&A: "Legends" Actress Winter Ave Zoli | Young Hollywood}} At the age of 11, she moved with her family to Czech Republic. She attended middle school and high school at the International School of Prague.
At age 13, she began working in European and American productions that came to Prague. At 17, she attended the Carnegie Mellon summer school theater program and, at 19, enrolled in the Atlantic Theater Company acting school in New York City, founded by playwright David Mamet and actor William H. Macy.{{Cite web |title=Notable Alumni |url=https://atlanticactingschool.org/alumni/notable-alumni/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Atlantic Acting School |language=en}}
Career
After graduating from the professional program, Winter moved to Los Angeles. She appeared in the 2007 film Sex and Death 101 as Alexis, the fast food beauty. She held the main role of legendary Libuše in the 2009 Czech film The Pagan Queen, where she co-starred with her future husband, Hungarian actor Csaba Lucas. Winter gained further international recognition with her main role as Lyla Winston on the hit American TV series Sons of Anarchy. She posed nude in Playboy magazine's March 2011 edition, commenting that "nudity is not a problem for [her]."[https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/exclusive-sons-of-anarchy-star-winter-ave-zoli-covers-playboy-says-nudity-not-a-problem "Sons of Anarchy" Star Winter Ave Zoli Covers Playboy, Says Nudity "Not a Problem"], Hollie McKay, Fox news, February 16, 2011
In 2016, Winter starred in the feature film Deserted opposite Mischa Barton, Jackson Davis, Trent Ford, Dana Rosendorff, Lance Henriksen, Jake Busey and Gerry Bednob. The film is a psychological thriller about a group of friends on a road trip to a music festival in "Death Valley - which results in getting them hopelessly lost in the most stunning, but unforgiving, topographical terrain on the planet".
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1999
|Tasha | |
| 2003
|{{sortname|The|League of Extraordinary Gentlemen|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)}} |Eva | |
| 2007
|Lolly | |
| 2007
|Alexis De Large (#37) | |
| 2008
|Fold |Rachel |Short |
| 2008
|Maestro |Ariane |Short |
| 2008
|Reservations |Marketa | |
| 2009
|{{sortname|The|Pagan Queen}} |Libuse | |
| 2010
|Psych:9 |Emma | |
| 2011
|Prodigal |Angela O'Neil |Short |
| 2012
|Tatiana | |
| 2014
|Tatiana |Video |
| 2016
|Rosemary | |
| 2016
|Mrs. Lee | |
| 2020
|Svetlana (voice) |Video |
| 2022
|Allison | |
| 2022
|Darlene | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1999
|{{sortname|The|Scarlet Pimpernel|The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series)}} |Cecile |"A King's Ransom" |
| 2004
|Wuthering Heights |TV film |
| 2005
|Anna-Theresa |TV miniseries |
| 2009
|{{sortname|The|Philanthropist|The Philanthropist (TV series)}} |Ivana Kleiner |"Paris" |
| 2009–2014
|Recurring role (seasons 2–7) |
| 2011
|Irina |"Eaten by Wolves" |
| 2012
|Paulina |"Faces" |
| 2015
|"Melinda" |
| 2015
|Det. Gabriella Laska |Main role season 2 |
| 2017
|Monica |"One in a Million" |
| 2017–18
|Amy Snyder |Recurring role (seasons 3–4) |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|880181|Winter Zoli}}
- [http://www.playboyblog.com/2011/02/winter-ave-zoli-playboy-celebrity/ Winter Ave Zoli] at [http://www.playboyblog.com/ Playboy Blog]
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American people of Czech descent
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from Pennsylvania