Ariela Barer

Ariela Barer
Ariela Barer
	Photo by Sylvia Rittner, 2022
Occupation	Actress;
Years active	2007–present
Relatives	Libe Barer (sister)

Ariela Barer is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Gert Yorkes in the Hulu original series Runaways.

Early life[edit]

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

Career[edit]

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]

Personal life[edit]

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[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong	Sonali Matthews	Direct-to-video
2009	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
2021	Disfluency	Lacy
2022	How to Blow Up a Pipeline	Xochitl	Also co-writer and producer

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Yo Gabba Gabba!	Super Martian Robot Girl (voice)	Recurring role
2008	ER	Jasmine Escalante	Episode: "Life After Death"
2008	90210	Rana Shirazi	Episode: "Games People Play"
2009	Valentine	Young Wendy	Episode: "She's Gone"
2009	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"
2015	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[edit]

^ "'One Day at a Time's Goth Carmen Is Now a Superhero on Marvel's Runaways". remezcla.com.
^ "'The Beautiful Barer Sisters Compare Beauty Notes'". April 16, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ "'One Day at a Time's Goth Carmen is Now a Superhero on Marvel's 'Runaways'".
^ "The Love-Inns". Bandcamp. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
^ 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.
^ "Ariela Barer". IMDb. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Barer, Ariela. "ariela (@ArielaBarer)". Twitter. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
'^ "Rebel Drama From Greys Boss, Starring Katey Sagal, Gets Series Order at ABC". TVLine. September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Ariela Barer at IMDb

[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.

[rebel-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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