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

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Biography

Rotaru was born in Vancouver to Romanian parents and is fluently bilingual in English and Romanian. 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. She also studied traditional Chinese medicine.

Career

Rotaru debuted in 2008 as a guest star on an episode of the USA Network series, ''

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'', this was followed by appearances in television series such as '' Eureka'' of

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'' 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 movie ''The Foot''. In 2015, she appeared as a guest star on '' Motive'', a television series broadcast on ABC and on the CW's ''

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''. She temporarily voiced Sabine Wren on Disney XD's '' Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales''. On August 10, 2015, Rotaru was cast in the TV show ''

'' as Taiana Venediktov, a love interest for Stephen Amell's character, Oliver Queen, during the flashback sequences.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Web

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