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Sons of Anarchy's Winter Ave Zoli, in sexy Playboy shoot

By April MacIntyre Feb 17, 2011, 14:02 GMT

08/30/2010 - Winter Ave Zoli - "Sons of Anarchy" Season 3 Hollywood Premiere - Arrivals - Cinerama Dome at The ArcLight - Hollywood, CA, USA © Tatiana Beller / PR Photos

Pennsylvania beauty, Winter Ave Zoli, who plays Opie's girl Lyla on the FX series "Sons of Anarchy," is featured on the cover and in an eight-page nude pictorial in Playboy’s March issue. 

“The fact that I seem to play only porn stars, prostitutes, courtesans and various other sex-compromised women is sort of a running joke in [my] family…I’m nothing like that in real life,” says Winter Ave Zoli, who’s best known for playing Lyla on showrunner Kurt Sutter's critically acclaimed series, "Sons of Anarchy."

Winter's portfolio was shot by photographer Marlena Bielinska.

Born in Pennsylvania, Winter moved to the Czech Republic when she was 11 and began her ballet and musical theater training soon thereafter.  She eventually moved back to the States to enroll in New York City’s Atlantic Theatre Company, which was founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy.  She later moved to Los Angeles and has since starred in several films and television series, most notably as Lyla, the single mother and working porn star who has caught Opie (Ryan Hurst's) eye, and heart.

Several roles, including her part as "Sons" Lyla, have required her to appear in some state of undress, but that doesn’t bother the attractive actress.  She says, “It turns out nudity is not a problem for me.  It’s one of those things you think about later and say, ‘Yeah, I could do this for a living.’ ”