Nare Israelyan
- Actress
- Stunts
Nare Israelyan is an actor, model, writer, and stunt actor. Born and raised in Los Angeles to an Armenian family, Nare was a 5 sport competitive athlete and graduated Business Economics with honors from UCLA before disappointing their parents and becoming an actor.
Guided by an athlete's mentality, Nare understood the importance of craft, and spent their initial few years training rigorously, studying at prominent studios throughout LA, New York, and Atlanta, and has sharpened their comedy skills at UCB.
As a non-binary, middle eastern artist, Nare is driven by not only passion, but purpose. Growing up with neither represented on screen (let alone in combination), they are determined to be the hero their 5 year old self always needed.
They hope to be the representation other kids can now look up to. With this determination, Nare has made quick strides in a relatively short period of time. With recent projects including HBO Max's Sex Lives of College Girls, HBO Max's pilot Camp Friends, feature film God is an Astronaut, stunt doubling Kaia Gerber on American Horror Story, as well as various short films with respected industry professionals and directors, including "Auntie," directed by Fawzia Mirza, produced by Paul Feig's Powderkeg Media.
Nare's short film, FREE, in which they wrote, starred, and co-produced in has won in multiple film festivals, including "Best LGBT" and closing out at Venice Shorts Festival.
Nare has also been busy building a name for themselves in the modeling world, signed to markets in NYC, LA, etc, with several becoming the first non-binary model for the Banana Republic Athletics international campaign for multiple seasons, as well as numerous campaigns in the last year, including Toyota, Old Navy, Core Hydration, Ford, Kay Jewelers, Fidelity, Shane & Co., and Square.
Guided by an athlete's mentality, Nare understood the importance of craft, and spent their initial few years training rigorously, studying at prominent studios throughout LA, New York, and Atlanta, and has sharpened their comedy skills at UCB.
As a non-binary, middle eastern artist, Nare is driven by not only passion, but purpose. Growing up with neither represented on screen (let alone in combination), they are determined to be the hero their 5 year old self always needed.
They hope to be the representation other kids can now look up to. With this determination, Nare has made quick strides in a relatively short period of time. With recent projects including HBO Max's Sex Lives of College Girls, HBO Max's pilot Camp Friends, feature film God is an Astronaut, stunt doubling Kaia Gerber on American Horror Story, as well as various short films with respected industry professionals and directors, including "Auntie," directed by Fawzia Mirza, produced by Paul Feig's Powderkeg Media.
Nare's short film, FREE, in which they wrote, starred, and co-produced in has won in multiple film festivals, including "Best LGBT" and closing out at Venice Shorts Festival.
Nare has also been busy building a name for themselves in the modeling world, signed to markets in NYC, LA, etc, with several becoming the first non-binary model for the Banana Republic Athletics international campaign for multiple seasons, as well as numerous campaigns in the last year, including Toyota, Old Navy, Core Hydration, Ford, Kay Jewelers, Fidelity, Shane & Co., and Square.
