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A blonde beauty who embodies the ever popular mix of sultriness and innocence, actress and former model Ali Larter was chosen by Esquire to be their November 1996 cover “It” girl in a parody of the Hollywood publicity machine. Billed as Allegra Coleman and touted as Tinseltown’s hottest up and coming starlet, this fictional persona was the subject of much buzz and speculation from those who didn’t realize the magazine profile was a hoax. The exposure helped Larter get her foot in the door, and she soon would be offered more prominent acting assignments, including guest roles on the NBC sitcoms “Chicago Sons”, and “Just Shoot Me”. In the fall of 1998, Larter was featured in two episodes of “Dawson’s Creek” (The WB), playing a senior class member who catches the eye of notorious older woman fan Pacey (Joshua Jackson).

In January 1999, the actress starred opposite Dawson himself in the high school football drama “Varsity Blues”, playing Darcy, the head cheerleader outfitted in a whipped cream bikini who tried to entice new star quarterback Mox (James Van Der Beek). Her turn was certainly memorable, and Larter managed to bring depth to her character as well, evincing her ambition and drive, however misplaced. Later that year she played a student activist who dumps her less motivated boyfriend (Adrien Grenier) on the eve of a school dance, driving him in to the plans and arms of Nicole (Melissa Joan Hart), where the two plot to get back their lost loves in “Drive Me Crazy”. Larter next took on a more adult role in that year’s horror remake “The House on Haunted Hill”, playing an invited guest to the sinister structure who is harboring a dangerous secret.

Making an effort to depart from the confident blondes she had often been cast as, Larter abandoned her bombshell image and changed her look for “Final Destination” (2000), playing a more studious character complete with the requisite dark hair and bangs. The actress co-starred as thoughtful loner Clear Rivers , one of a group of students saved from an aviation disaster by a premonitory vision from Alex (Devon Sawa). The group finds themselves plagued by mysterious dangers and Alex by further visions of disaster when cheated death comes knocking. The role of Clear was one much less defined by sex appeal than her previous ventures. Lauter was brought back for the sequel, “Final Destination 2″ (2003) where her character, once again, tries to escape death.

Larter appeared to great effect in the surprise hit comedy “Legally Blonde” (2001), playing a seemingly guilty woman who relies on Reese Witherspoon’s loopy law student character to handle her case in court; then became one of writer-director Kevin Smith’s quartet of sexy, leather-clad thieves–Larter played Chrissy, alongside Sissy (Eliza Dushku), Missy (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith) and Justice (Shannon Elizabeth)-who run afoul of Smith foul-mouthed heroes in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” (2001). She next had the distinction of playing the lead female role, Zee Mimms, in the universally panned Jesse James Western “American Outlaws” (2001) before reprising her Clear Rivers character for “Final Destination 2″ (2003).

• Also Credited As:
  Alison Larter
• Born:
  on 02/28/1976 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
• Job Titles:
  Actor, Model, Coat-check girl

Milestones

• 1989 Began modeling career at age 13
• 1995 Moved to Los Angeles from Miami and began studying acting
• 1996 Photographed for the cover of the Esquire profile “Hollywood’s Next Dream Girl”, a spoof article about fictional up and coming starlet Allegra Coleman
• 1997 TV debut in guest appearance on the NBC sitcom “Chicago Sons”
• 1998 Had a two-episode recurring role on the hit teen drama “Dawson’s Creek” (The WB)
• 1998 Had early TV credits with guest appearances on the series’ “Chicago Hope” and “Just Shoot Me”
• 1999 Breakthrough screen role as a Texas cheerleader in “Varsity Blues”, reteaming her with “Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek
• 1999 Film debut in “Casanova Falling”
• 1999 Portrayed Adrien Grenier’s girlfriend in “Drive Me Crazy”
• 2000 Co-starred in the thriller, “Final Destination”
• 2000 Featured in the college-campus set independent comedy “100 Girls”
• 2001 Co-starred in “Legally Blonde”
• 2001 Portrayed the love interest of Colin Farrell’s Jesse James in “American Outlaws”
• 2003 Starred in the horror sequel “Final Destination 2″
• 2004 Cast in the thriller “The Butterfly Effect”
• 2005 Cast opposite Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet in the romantic comedy “A Lot Like Love”
• Raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
• Relocated to Miami, Florida