Ariela Barer
Photo by Sylvia Rittner, 2022
Born (1998-10-14) October 14, 1998 (age 25)
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2007–present
RelativesLibe Barer (sister)

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.

Early life

Barer's parents are Mexican-born Jews.[1] Her older sister Libe Barer[2][3] is also an actress.

Career

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]

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

Personal life

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]

Filmography

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

References

  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. ^ "Ariela Barer". IMDb. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Barer, Ariela. "ariela (@ArielaBarer)". Twitter. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  10. '^ "Rebel Drama From Greys Boss, Starring Katey Sagal, Gets Series Order at ABC". TVLine. September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  11. ^ 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.

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