Elysia Rotaru

Crystal Elysia Lorraine Rotaru (born November 9, 1984) is a Canadian actress known for playing Taiana Venediktov in Arrow.

Elysia Rotaru
Rotaru in 2018.
Born
Crystal Elysia Lorraine Rotaru

(1984-11-09) November 9, 1984
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActress, voice artist
Years active2006–present

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 theater, earning a degree in Fine Arts with a specialty in Theater.[1] She also studied traditional Chinese medicine.[2]

Career

Rotaru debuted in 2008 as a guest star on an episode of the USA Network series, Psych, this was followed by appearances in television series such as Eureka of SyFy and Smallville and Supernatural 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.[3]

In 2015, she appeared as a guest star on Motive, a television series broadcast on ABC and on the CW's iZombie. She temporarily voiced Sabine Wren on Disney XD's Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales.[4] On August 10, 2015, Rotaru was cast in the TV show Arrow as Taiana Venediktov, a love interest for Stephen Amell's character, Oliver Queen, during the flashback sequences.[5]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Annoying Orange: Turducken Assassin / Sexy Chick #1 Short
2009 Deadweight Kim Short
2009 Stan Helsing Hot Girl #1
2010 Crooked Pamela Short
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Ingrid
2013 Amp Zoey Short
2014 Girl House Heather
2014 Earthlickers Goddess O Short
2015 The Wall Brittany Short
2015 Run Sophie Short
2015 Broken Masters Lara Croft Short
2016 Countdown A.D.A.
2017 Dead Again in Tombstone Alicia
2019 Killbird Taylor

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Psych Lantern Lady Episode: "Ghosts"
2008 Eureka Teri Wallace Episode: "What About Bob?"
2008-2010 Smallville Female Inn Guest / Elizabeth Bishop 2 episodes
2010-2011 Hellcats Betsy 3 episodes
2011 Sanctuary French Woman Episode: "Carentan"
2012 Fringe Paige Randall Episode: "Everything in Its Right Place"
2012-2014 Supernatural Shaylene Johnson / Victoria Dodd 2 episodes
2012 Finding Mrs. Claus Emily TV Movie
2013 Mr. Young Reporter Episode: "Mr. Sasquawk"
2013 King & Maxwell Kelly Episode: "Second Chances"
2014 Rush Tina Episode: "Learning to Fly"
2015 Backstrom Melinda Norburg Episode: "Bella"
2015 iZombie Tess Episode: "Pilot"
2015-2016 Arrow Taiana Venediktov Recurring
2015 Motive Pam Hexton Episode: "Reversal of Fortune"
2015 Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales Sabine Wren (voice) Episode: "Mission to Mos Eisley"
2016 Reapers Morana TV mini-series
2017 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Sable Spirit (voice) Episode: "Campfire Tales"
2019 Marvel Super Hero Adventures She-Hulk (voice) Episode: "From Hulk to Eternity"

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Various Performance Capture Actor
2017 Lone Echo Hera Voice acting
2017 Madden NFL 18: Longshot Various Motion capture actor
2017 FIFA 18 Beatriz Villanova Voice acting
2017 Puzzle Fighter Additional Voices
2017 Need for Speed Payback Curator
2018 Dragalia Lost Corsaint Phoenix / Kristy Voice acting
2018 FIFA 19 Beatriz Villanova Voice acting
2019 Crackdown 3 Additional Voices
2019 Anthem Princess Zhim Voice acting
2019 FIFA 20 Beatriz Villanova Voice acting
2020 Legends of Runeterra Lunari Priestess / Arrel the Tracker / Various Voice acting
2020 Avengers Alisande Morales / Helen Gable / AIM Security / Additional Voices Voice acting

Web
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Production Assistant Episode: "Johnny Cage"
2012 Choose Your Victim Harper Hill 7 episodes

References
  1. McCarthy, Mike (August 21, 2015). "Elysia Rotaru talks Arrow and more". Wingman Magazine. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  2. "Elysia Rotaru". School Creative. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  3. Foreman, Troy. L (January 6, 2015). "Interview: Elysia Rotaru". The PC Principle. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  4. Clow, Mitchel (March 11, 2015). "'iZombie' guest star Elysia Rotaru wants to be a zombie: 'I just hope that one of my boobs doesn't rot off in the process!'". Hypable. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  5. Abrams, Natalie (August 10, 2015). "'Arrow' casts Oliver's new love interest". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
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