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Elysia Rotaru

Canadian actress (born 1984)

Elysia Rotaru (born November 9, 1984) is a Canadian actress known for playing Taiana Venediktov in Arrow.

Biography

Rotaru was born in Vancouver to Romanian parents and is fluently bilingual in English and Romanian.[2] From a young age, she took dance classes and was involved in school plays as well as piano recitals. She enrolled at Simon Fraser University for a career in psychology, but in the middle of the program she changed to theatre, earning a degree in Fine Arts with a specialty in theatre.[3] She also studied traditional Chinese medicine.[4] She married Ryan Williams in 2018.[5] She gave birth in 2022.[6]

Career

Rotaru debuted in 2008 as a guest star on an episode of the USA Network series, Psych, this was followed by appearances in television series such as Eureka of SyFy and Smallville and Supernatural on The CW. In 2010, Rotaru was given a recurring role in Hellcats, where she played Betsy. She also starred in the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules where she played Ingrid, a main character in the fictional horror film The Foot.[7]

In 2015, she appeared as a guest star on Motive, a television series broadcast on ABC and on the CW's iZombie. She temporarily voiced Sabine Wren on Disney XD'sLego Star Wars: Droid Tales.[8] On August 10, 2015, Rotaru was cast in the TV show Arrow as Taiana Venediktov, a love interest to Oliver Queen.[9]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Mortal Kombat: LegacyProduction Assistant Episode: "Johnny Cage"
2012 Choose Your VictimHarper Hill 7 episodes

References

  1. ^"ELYSIA on Instagram: "9 months in 👉🏼 9 months out #postpartumbody #motherhood #momandbaby #BBG #momsofinstagram #momlife #mama #whatajourney"".
  2. ^"Elysia Rotaru Interview". Naluda Magazine. May 9, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  3. ^McCarthy, Mike (August 21, 2015). "Elysia Rotaru talks Arrow and more". Wingman Magazine. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  4. ^"Elysia Rotaru". School Creative. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  5. ^https://marriedwiki.com/article/marriage-looks-great-on-elysia-rotaru-husband-ryan-williams
  6. ^https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc3pW-gPtem/?img_index=1
  7. ^Foreman, Troy. L (January 6, 2015). "Interview: Elysia Rotaru". The PC Principle. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  8. ^Clow, Mitchel (March 11, 2015). "'iZombie' guest star Elysia Rotaru wants to be a zombie: 'I just hope that one of my boobs doesn't rot off in the process!'". Hypable. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  9. ^Abrams, Natalie (August 10, 2015). "'Arrow' casts Oliver's new love interest". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  10. ^Schedeen, Jesse (April 27, 2021). "Justice Society: World War II Review". IGN. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  11. ^Stone, Sam (March 29, 2021). "Justice Society: World War II's Elysia Rotaru Talks Finding the Emotional Honesty of Black Canary". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  12. ^ abcdefghijk"Elysia Rotaru (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2 August 2022. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  13. ^Milligan, Mercedes (May 7, 2024). "WB Details Next DC Animated Chapter Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

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