Anastasia Baranova

Anastasia Baranova
Born	(1989-04-23) 23 April 1989 Moscow, Russia
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Website	anastasiabaranova.com

Anastasia Baranova (Russian: Aнастасия Баранова; born 23 April 1989) is a Russian-American actress, best known for her starring roles as Jennifer "Scout" Lauer on the television series Scout's Safari and as Addison Carver on the Syfy series Z Nation.

Biography

Baranova was born in Moscow, Russia, in what was then part of the Soviet Union. As a child, she began modeling in Moscow. In 1998, Baranova and her mother, Ata, moved from Russia to Minnesota in the United States, where she continued to model. In 2000, they moved to California, where Baranova began her acting career. To learn the English language, she used the JumpStart CD-ROM series and took speech and singing classes. She is fluent in both Russian and English, and studied at Chapman University.

As of 2010, she lives in Los Angeles, California.

Career

Baranova began her acting career in 2002 with a small speaking role on the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire. She then won the lead role for the Discovery Kids/NBC television series Scout's Safari, playing the character Jennifer Lauer. Filming began in July 2002, and primarily took place at locations around South Africa. The series ran from October 2002 to February 2004, lasting two seasons and 26 episodes.

Baranova has had one- or two-episode appearances on several television series, including Sons Of Anarchy, Joan of Arcadia, Veronica Mars, Drake & Josh, 7th Heaven, and Malcolm in the Middle. She also appeared in the 2007 film Rise: Blood Hunter. In 2010, she made an appearance on the HDNet series Svetlana. She currently stars as Addison Carver on the Syfy series Z Nation.

She is a graduate of the Los Angeles-based school The Acting Corps.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Lizzie McGuire	Cara Gunther	Episode: "Over the Hill"
2002–2004	Scout's Safari	Jennifer "Scout" Lauer	TV series - lead role
2004	Joan of Arcadia	Exchange Student	Episode: "No Bad Guy"
2004–2005	Veronica Mars	Lizzie Manning	Episodes: "Like a Virgin", "Green-Eyed Monster"
2005	Drake & Josh	Yooka	Episode: "We're Married"
2005	7th Heaven	Lizzie Wheeler	Episode: "Ring Around the Rosie"
2005	Malcolm in the Middle	Sonja	Episode: "Blackout"
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	Teen girl	Film
2010	Svetlana	Nastya	Episode: "Wish Fulfillment"
2011	Apocalypse, CA	Giant interviewee 2	Film
2011	Rise of Nightmares	Sacha / Tasha	Video game
2012	90210	Reece Turner	Episode: "902-100"
2013	Sons of Anarchy	Escort	Episode: "Huang Wu"
2014-present	Z Nation	Addison Carver	TV series - lead role
2014	Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?	Young Emma	Film
2015	Evolve	Additional voices	Video game

External links

• Official website
• Anastasia Baranova at the Internet Movie Database