As a child, Angela Sarafyan dreamed of becoming a famous ballerina. Fate decreed otherwise, now the actress has over 50 roles in films and TV shows. American Horror Story, Mentalist, Thinking Like a Criminal, Good Guys, Wild West World are just some of the top-rated TV shows with her participation. What is the story of the star, what to tell about her creative successes?
Angela Sarafyan: the beginning of the road
The star of the fantastic series “Wild West World” was born in Yerevan, it happened in June 1983. Angela Sarafyan was born in a simple family, there are no movie stars among her relatives. She was very young when her parents decided to move to the United States. Angela practically did not remember life in Armenia.
Thoughts about the acting profession came to Sarafyan far from immediately. From the age of four, a talented girl practiced ballet, so she connected her dreams with dancing. However, the experience on the set made her change her mind.
First roles
Angela Sarafyan first hit the set in 2000. The aspiring actress made her debut in the series Just Amy. The dramatic television project tells the story of a woman judge who divorced her husband and was forced to raise a child alone. The role of Angela in this “soap opera” was small, but she gained valuable experience and decided on the choice of profession.
The directors drew attention to a charming girl, Sarafyan began to offer the role of episodic and secondary heroines. At the very beginning of her journey to fame, the actress starred mainly in long-playing television projects. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Law and Order. Special Corps ”, “ Women's Team ”, “ 24 Hours ”, “ Shield ”, “ Detective Rush ”, “ Wanted ”- the girl was not sitting without work.
Films
In the feature film, Angela Sarafyan first appeared in 2005. The young actress made her debut in the film "Decent half." Then the girl appeared in film projects, a list of which is given below:
- "Heels."
- "On the doll."
- "Informants."
- "Expropriator."
- "Love wounds."
- "American animal."
- "Good old orgy."
- "Crazy speeds."
- “Noise matters.”
- "Fatal passion."
- "Paranoia".
- "Never".
- "I, he, she."
- "Me, you and five bucks."
- "Plains of Mercury."
- "Promise".
TV series
Of course, Angela Sarafyan continued to act in TV shows, a photo of which can be seen in the article. The list of television projects in which she played is below:
- "Think like a criminal".
- "The South is nowhere."
- Lincoln Heights.
- "In simple form."
- The mentalist.
- "Eastwick."
- "Sex education."
- "Good guys".
- Nikita
- "Blue blood".
- "American Horror Story".
Main roles
Of course, it was not thanks to the secondary roles that the audience remembered Angela Sarafyan. Films in which she embodied the images of key heroines are worthy of special attention. In 2008, the drama "Beautiful Life" was presented to the audience court, in which the actress played Maggie. Her heroine was a girl who is forced to leave her father's house and hide from her parents. Her life is changing thanks to a chance acquaintance with an illegal immigrant named David, who is wanted by the police.
“The Incredible Adventures of an American in Armenia” is another picture in which Angela Sarafyan played the main role. The story begins on the coast of sunny Turkey, where the son of an American senator rests. The young man is tormented by unhappy love, he is not ready to enjoy the benefits of a seaside resort. Depression is left behind only when the "tailwind" wind carries the guy to neighboring Armenia. The inhabitants of the small village in which he finds himself accepting the guest as a Turkish-Azerbaijani spy. Of course, not without romantic adventure.
One of the key roles went to Angela in the science-fiction series “World of the Wild West”. The focus of the audience is a futuristic amusement park, visitors to which absolutely everything is allowed. This continues until robots get out of people's control.
