Arly Jover
Araceli "Arly" Jover is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her role as the villainous vampire Mercury in the 1998 superhero film Blade.
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- Full name
- Araceli Jover Comas.
- Born
- 1971. · Melilla.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- actress, film producer, screenwriter and film director.
- Fields
- acting, film screenwriting and film production.
- Languages
- Spanish, English and French.
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Araceli "Arly" Jover is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her role as the villainous vampire Mercury in the 1998 superhero film Blade.
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Araceli Jover was born in Melilla, Spain. After living there for five years, her family was moved to Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands (Spain) because of her father's work as a soldier. She is the youngest of four sisters and three brothers. During her early years, she wanted to become a dancer. She began dancing at the age of 8. At 14, she dropped out of school, and at 15, she won a scholarship from the Comité Hispano Norteamericano. Because of this, she left Spain and moved to New York City in order to continue to study at the School of American Ballet under Martha Graham. After two and a half years in the United States, her career then moved on to acting sometime around 1995–1996. She had her first role in an episode of the television show Women: Stories of Passion and starred in two international films Tango, and The Ballad of Johnny-Jane. After that, she did more work in television, before making her first American film debut in Blade, in 1998, as Mercury, the vampire lover of Deacon Frost. In the following years, she starred in various small roles in films and TV episodes, as well as larger roles in other films such as Fish in a Barrel, and Vampires: Los Muertos. After 18 years in the United States, she then moved to France. Shortly after arriving there, she got a major role in the film Empire of the Wolves alongside Jean Reno.
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Arly Jover Karel Roden beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017
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- 1.FilmFreeway. Arly Jover.
- 2.Storm King Productions. Vampires: Los Muertos. 4 September 2002.
- 3.Sartin, Hank. The Young Unknowns. Chicago Reader. 12 May 2003.
- 4.Eisner, Ken. Four Dogs Playing Poker. Variety. 26 June 2000.
- 5.Koehler, Robert. April's Shower. Variety. 4 August 2003.
- 6.Rosenberg, Grant. Empire Of The Wolves (L'Empire Des Loups). Screen Daily. 21 April 2005.
- 7.Studio Canal. Madame Irma. 2006.
- 8.Romney, Jonathan. Voyage To The Pyranees (Le Voyage aux Pyrenees). Screen Daily. 18 May 2008.
- 9.Mintzer, Jordan. Regrets. Variety. 7 September 2009.
- 10.Van Hoeij, Boyd. Haute Cuisine. Variety. 5 December 2012.
- 11.Mintzer, Jordan. The Lookout (Le Guetteur): Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 6 September 2012.
- 12.Weissberg, Jay. Berlin Film Review: 'A Prominent Patient'. Variety. 17 February 2017.
- 13.Kiang, Jessica. Sundance Film Review: 'Axolotl Overkill'. Variety. 2017-01-21.
- 14.The Hollywood Reporter. 'Axolotl Overkill': Film Review Sundance 2017. 20 January 2017.
- 15.Grobar, Matt. Vertical Acquires Paul W. S. Anderson's Fantasy Actioner 'In The Lost Lands' Starring Milla Jovovich & Dave Bautista. Deadline. 19 September 2024.
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