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Lara Wolf talks her new show "Those About to Die", her journey to New York, and the time she burned herself before an audition!\nAbout Lara:\nLara\xa0Wolf\xa0is a multilingual actress with an international edge: she was born in Tehran, raised in Zurich, and now lives as a naturalized New Yorker in Brooklyn. She studied Psychology at the Univerisity of Zurich, and simultaneously worked as a television host and fitness model for\xa0StarTV, before she relocated to the United States to train at the\xa0Lee Strasburg Theatre and Film Institute.\xa0\nShe has also played a variety of characters, such as a detective (Bluebloods, Blindspot), as a mistress (You are Wanted, Amazon), and as Princess Nora in\xa0Quantico, where she guest-starred alongside Priyanka Chopra. Furthermore, Lara starred as the lead in the filmRoxana\xa0(by Elahe Massoumi) portraying an Iranian journalist, a Bahaii wife (Family Of Too Many), and the right-hand assistant of a mobster played by Gerard Depardieu (BigHouse). She was part of the reading of Marylin Felt\u2019s\xa0Asher\u2019s Command\xa0(directed by Navid Negahban, and performed at the Other Israel Film Festival), where she played Lila, the wife of an Israeli commander. She is also a founding member of the\xa0Primitive Grace\xa0Theatre Company\xa0in NYC where she\u2019s collaborated as a writer and actress with her mentors Paul Calderon and David Zayas (Hollywood Entr\xe9e). In the film\xa0The Performance,directed by Shira Piven, she acted opposite Jeremy Piven and Robert Carlyle and sang live! Recently, she starred in a leading role opposite Golshifteh Farahani in the film\xa0Reading Lolita in Tehran, directed by one of Israel\u2019s most notable filmmakers: Eran Riklis.\xa0Now, you can see her as \u2018Queen Berenice\u2019 in the highly anticipated Peacock series\xa0Those About To Die\xa0opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins.\xa0\nLara grew up playing tennis, and now enjoys playing in her free time to stay active \u2013 and when she\u2019s not on the court, you can probably find her on a reformer in a Pilates studio! She is passionate about overall wellness, both mental and physical, and strives in her day-to-day life to support others in their pursuit of finding it.\nFollow the show on social media!\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nInstagram: https://instagram.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/tfci_podcast\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nFacebook: http://facebook.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nPatreon: patreon.com/thanksforcomingin\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXj8Rb1bEmhufSBFSCyp4JQ\nTheme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas\nProducers: Jillian Clare & Susan Bernhardt\nChannel: Realm\nFor more information, go to thanksforcominginpodcast.com\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices