Bar Paly (born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley) is a Russian born, Israeli-American actress and model.
Paly was born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley in Nizhny Tagil, Russia (former USSR), to Olga (née Drob) and Alexander Paley. Her grandfathers served in the Soviet Red Army during World War II. She was passionate about music in her childhood, playing the piano from age four. Her family immigrated to Israel when she was nine, and she was raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. In her school days, her interest in acting led her to enroll at the Aleph High School of Arts Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, where she performed in a number of productions by William Shakespeare and Bertolt Brecht, such as the play Antigone.
Paly began a career in modeling at the age of 17. She has appeared as a cover girl in several magazines, including Maxim, Rolling Stone and GQ.
She posed for the cover of Esquires Latin American edition in May 2014.
In 2003, she began her career as an actress appearing in a variety of roles for television and appeared in the Israeli mockumentary television film Zehirut Matzlema.
Paly has appeared in TV's How I Met Your Mother, The Starter Wife, and the 2008 horror film The Ruins.
In 2013, Paly held roles in both Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray.
She also had a supporting role in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson.
She also starred in the 2014 action thriller film Non-Stop, opposite Liam Neeson.
From 2015 to 2023, Paly had a recurring role as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck on the American crime drama '.
Between 2017 and 2018, she played Helen of Troy in the Arrowverse show DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
Paly is of Russian Jewish descent. In August 2016, Paly became a naturalized U.S. citizen.