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Aug 9, 2022 · Everything to Know About La Brea's Zyra Gorecki, a.k.a Izzy. The sci-fi series returns with its third and final season on January 9, 2024 on NBC. By McKenzie Jean-Philippe Aug 9, 2022, 5:44 PM...
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- She was raised in a veritable amputee colony. When Gorecki lost her leg in an accident at age 13, she became the seventh amputee in the small Michigan town where she grew up.
- Her first line of dialogue on network TV was “[screams in agony].” Gorecki didn’t deliver this soliloquy on La Brea. It came in her only previous TV role, a one-episode cameo on Chicago Fire in 2016, the year after her real-life accident.
- She has terrible stage fright. Before the Chicago Fire appearance, Gorecki’s only acting experience came in elementary school. “My second-grade teacher had a Christmas play,” she says, “and she told me that I was going to be playing the queen.
- She got recruited for La Brea by an old friend from amputee camp. To find an amputee actor for the role of Izzy, La Brea’s producers reached out to David Harrell, a limb-different actor and disability advocate with strong connections in the amputee community.
Sep 29, 2021 · Meet Zyra Gorecki, the Actor Stealing Every Scene in NBC’s La Brea. The 19-year-old amputee actor didn't see many people like her on screen. So she decided to become a star herself. Here, she...
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Jan 24, 2024 · January 23, 2024 7:00 pm. Zyra Gorecki as Izzy, Edyll Ismail as Leyla. Courtesy of Mark Taylor/NBC. Share. 25. The following contains spoilers from the Jan. 23 episode of NBC ‘s La Brea. It was...
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32 Photos. Zyra Gorecki is known for La Brea (2021), Chicago Fire (2012) and The Pearls. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. Add to list. Photos 32. Known for. La Brea. 5.8. TV Series. Izzy Harris. 2021–2024 • 30 eps. Chicago Fire. 8.0. TV Series. Stuck Pedestrian. 2016 • 1 ep. The Pearls. Daisy. Every Other Weekend. 8.3. Short.
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Sep 27, 2021 · Zyra Gorecki revels in historic ‘La Brea’ role as a teen with a disability. The NBC show, which premieres Wednesday, makes the Michigan native one of the few real-life amputee series regular ...
Sep 29, 2021 · 'La Brea' Star Zyra Gorecki on Representing Fellow Amputees in Historic Series Regular Role. "To be a person that other amputees [and] other limb-different people can look up to ... is a...
