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.

Arly Jover
Photo of Jover taken by Blake Worrell, date unknown.
Born	(1971-02-02) 2 February 1971 (age 54)[citation needed] Melilla, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Children	1

Life and career

Araceli Jover was born in Melilla, Spain. After living there for five years, her family was forced to move to Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands (Spain) because of her father's work as a soldier.^{[clarification needed]} She is the youngest of seven siblings; 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 becoming an actress 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.

Personal life

Currently, she lives in Paris, France, with her daughter. Her family still lives in Mallorca, where Jover visits every year during the summer.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Tango
1995	The Ballad of Johnny-Jane
1998	Blade	Mercury	[1]
2000	Everything Put Together	Nurse Edna
	The Young Unknowns	Paloma	[3]
	Four Dogs Playing Poker	Maria	[4]
2001	Fish in a Barrel	Nina
	Imposter	Newscaster #2
2002	Vampires: Los Muertos	Una	[2]
2003	April's Shower	Sophie	[5]
2005	Empire of the Wolves	Anna Heymes	[6]
2006	Madame Irma	Ines	[7]
2007	Two Worlds	Delphine
2008	Le voyage aux Pyrénées	Aline	[8]
	Little Ashes	Gala Dali	UK-Spanish production
2009	Regrets	Lisa	[9]
	Magma	Ainhoa Javier
2010	The White Line	Alice
	Gigola	Johanne
	Qui a envie d'être aimé?	Claire
2011	The Minister	Séverine Saint-Jean
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Liv
2012	Quand je serai petit	Ana
	Haute Cuisine	La journaliste Mary	[10]
	The Lookout	Kathy	[11]
2013	Turning Tide	Anna Bruckner	Original title: En solitaire
2015	The Idealist	Estibaliz
	2 Nights Till Morning	Céline
2016	A Prominent Patient	Marcia Davenport	Czech: Masaryk[12]
2017	Axolotl Overkill	Alice	[13][14]
2025	In the Lost Lands	Ash	[15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Women: Stories of Passion	Pascal	Episode: "City of Men"
1998	Players	Kiva	2 episodes
2003	Dragnet	Katrina Fluery	Episode: "The Artful Dodger"
2006	This Girl Is Mine	Johana Iglesias	TV film
2009	Vénus & Apollon	Jo - l'amie d'Angie	Episode #2.5
2013	Mon ami Pierrot	Cécilia	TV film
	Les Petits Meurtres D'Agatha Christie	Alma Sarrazin	Episode: "Pourquoi pas Martin?"
2015	Eyes Open	Hélène	TV film
	Captain Alatriste	Madame de Brissac	11 episodes
	Malaterra	Adriana Agnese	8 episodes
	Magnum Opus	Irune Gormendia	4 episodes
2018	Sense8	Georges	Episode: "Amor Vincit Omnia"

Music video

• "Walking After You", Foo Fighters (1998) — Female love interest