Ali Larter Biography and Pictures

Biography

Ali Larter "played" the hoax Allegra Coleman in 1996 in Esquire Magazine

Ali began modeling at age 13 with the world-renowned Ford modeling agency and traveled the world. At 17, Ali settled temporarily in Japan. In 1995, Ali Larter accompanied her boyfriend in his move to Los Angeles. Soon after on the advice of a friend, Ali Larter began taking acting classes.

In November 1996, Ali Larter "played" the hoax Allegra Coleman in Esquire Magazine. Even after the hoax had been revealed, its effects lingered, and Ali Larter was wooed by various agencies. Larter landed her first professional role in 1997 in the television series Chicago Sons, which was followed by a number of other brief appearances on Dawson's Creek, Chicago Hope and Just Shoot Me.

Larter is a good friend of actress Amy Smart with whom she co-starred in Varsity Blues and Erick Alegria, a former Sam's Kid. Ali has also lived in Miami and then New York City after the spring of 2002, where she studied at Michael Howard Studios. In January 2007, she moved to Los Angeles to take on the commitment of working on Heroes.

Ali is engaged to her longtime boyfriend, actor Hayes MacArthur.