- She was born in Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [then the Soviet Union, now Russia] and moved to Israel with her parents when she was seven. She was raised in Tel Aviv.
- On August 14, 2016, Paly became a U.S. citizen.
- She is of Russian Jewish descent.
- Ranked #66 on Maxim's 2014 annual "Hot 100" list.
- Her ex-husband, writer-producer-director Ian Kessner, also Jewish, is Canadian, born in Montreal, Quebec.
- Beginning her career as a model in Israel, she also was cast in her first acting roles in Israeli productions before moving to the USA.
- Attended Ironi Aleph High School in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Her first credited role, in Big Tuna (2003) was the first produced Israeli 'Mockumentary'.
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