Winter Ave Zoli (born June 28, 1980) 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 '' Code Black (2015) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (2015).''

Early life

Zoli was born in

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to Richard and Sue Uhlarik. She is of partial Czechoslovakian descent. 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. She studied

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, but after developing a love for the stage and the craft of acting, she moved on to

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. At age 13, she began working in European and American productions that came to Prague. At 17, she attended the

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summer school theater program and, at 19, enrolled in the

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acting school in New York City, founded by playwright

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and actor William H. Macy.

Career

After graduating from the professional program, Winter moved to

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. 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

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film '' The Pagan Queen''. 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

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magazine's March 2011 edition, commenting that "nudity is not a problem for er" In 2016, Winter starred in the feature film '' Deserted'' opposite Mischa Barton, Jackson Davis, Trent Ford, Dana Rosendorff,

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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

Television

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zoli, Winter Ave American film actresses 1986 births Living people American people of Czech descent American television actresses Actresses from Pennsylvania 21st-century American women