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 ''

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'', Amy Snyder in '' Bosch'' (2017-2018), and for '' Deserted'' (2016). Zoli also appears in '' Code Black (2015) and

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(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 The International School of Prague (ISP) is an independent, English-speaking, non-profit, international school in Prague, Czech Republic. Established in 1948, ISP is both the oldest and largest international school in the Czech Republic, with ov ...

. 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

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Career

After graduating from the professional program, Winter moved to

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. She appeared in the 2007 film ''

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'' as Alexis, the fast food beauty. She held the main role of legendary

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in the 2009

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film ''

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''. Winter gained further international recognition with her main role as Lyla Winston on the hit American TV series ''

''. 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 Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's ''Slavs!'' and took the lead in James Lapine's '' Twelve Dreams'' at Ne ...

, Jackson Davis,

Trent Ford Trent Ford (born January 15, 1979) is an American-born English actor and model. Early life and education Ford was born in Akron, Ohio. His father was a test pilot for the United States Navy, and his mother was a British Airways head stewardess ...

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and

Gerry Bednob Gerry Bednob (born May 18, 1950) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian-American-Canadian actor and comedian of Bengali Indo-Trinidadian descent. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Toronto, and worked as a high sch ...

. 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