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Ariela Barer

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Ariela Barer
Photo by Sylvia Rittner, 2022
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2007–present
RelativesLibe Barer (sister)

Ariela Barer is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Gert Yorkes in the Hulu original series Runaways.

Early life

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Both her parents are Mexican-born Jews.[1]

Her older sister Libe Barer[2][3] is also an actress.

Career

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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.

Ariela Barer attends a 2023 screening of How to Blow Up a Pipeline in Brooklyn, New York

Personal life

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On November 3, 2016, Barer publicly came out as lesbian with a status update on Twitter.[6][7]

Filmography

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Film

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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

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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 Ziggie Main role
2021 Saved by the Bell Chloe 5 episodes
2025 The Last of Us Mel

References

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  1. ^ "'One Day at a Time's Goth Carmen Is Now a Superhero on Marvel's Runaways". remezcla.com.
  2. ^ "'The Beautiful Barer Sisters Compare Beauty Notes'". April 16, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "'One Day at a Time's Goth Carmen is Now a Superhero on Marvel's 'Runaways'".
  4. ^ "The Love-Inns". Bandcamp. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
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