- Height5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
- Avery Kristen Pohl is known for Sound of My Voice (2011).
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Often plays villains and characters with a dark side
- Often appears in horror films
- Her father is a dentist. In summer 2019, she took a brief hiatus from acting and worked as a dental assistant at her father's clinic. She said that the worst part of the job was dealing with the various bad smells.
- Her first onscreen kiss was with Nicholas Alexander Chavez, her co-star on General Hospital (1963).
- In addition to acting, she is a trained stunt performer. During her final scene as Esme Prince on General Hospital (1963) before she exited the show in 2024, stunt doubles were hired for Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Spencer Cassadine) and Tabyana Ali (Trina Robinson), while Avery performed her own stunts.
- Her father attended college with actor Rodney Van Johnson, who appeared on Passions (1999) alongside Brook Kerr, Avery's co-star on General Hospital (1963). Van Johnson gave Avery some tips for starring on a soap opera after Avery was cast as Esme Prince.
- Prior to being cast as Esme on General Hospital (1963), she was considered for the short-lived role of Jordan on The Young and the Restless (1973).
- [on why she enjoys playing villains]: It's sort of nice sometimes to get to go 'Oh, I get to go to work today and just scream my head off.' It's very cathartic in a way.
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