Age, Biography, and Wiki
Alison Elizabeth Larter was born on February 28, 1976, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She rose to fame initially as a model before transitioning to acting in the early 1990s. Her breakthrough came with the film "Varsity Blues" in 1999, followed by notable roles in "Final Destination" and "Legally Blonde." Larter's Wikipedia page provides a detailed account of her life and career.
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| Date of Birth | 28 February 1976 |
| Age | 49 Years |
| Birth Place | Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
| Country | Jersey |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Ali Larter's height is approximately 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm), though her exact weight and other measurements are not widely documented.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Larter has been married to actor Hayes MacArthur since 2009. The couple has two children together and has been quite private about their personal life.
She attended Carusi Middle School and later graduated from Cherry Hill High School West during her time as a model, but she didn't finish her senior year of high school because of modeling. Her mom accompanied her everywhere until she turned 18. Her parents have since moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania. Larter said she was a tomboy until she turned 13.
Larter starred as Clear Rivers, one of the main characters in the teen supernatural horror film Final Destination (2000). Also starring Devon Sawa and Kerr Smith, the movie's premise followed several teenagers who survive a plane crash but are stalked and killed by Death itself. Final Destination made US$112 million by the end of its theatrical run. In 2001, she appeared in the comedy Legally Blonde with Reese Witherspoon. She played Brooke Taylor Windham, a widow accused of her husband Hayworth's murder. The film earned the top spot with US$20 million in its opening weekend and ended up grossing $141 million worldwide. With US$96 million of its total gross deriving from domestic markets, Legally Blonde is Larter's highest-grossing film domestically.
After back moving to Los Angeles, Larter's first audition was for the NBC science fiction drama television series Heroes. Larter played the characters of Niki Sanders, who suffered from DID, and Tracy Strauss on the show created by Tim Kring. Larter's initial character Niki Sanders, was a wife, mother, and a former internet stripper from Las Vegas who exhibits superhuman strength and alternate personalities who go by the names of Jessica and Niki. "Ali read for the part and just owned it from the second she walked in," Kring said to the Chicago Tribune, "It was a very impressive audition." As of the third season, Larter began to play the new character of Tracy Strauss, who possessed the ability to freeze objects; and later, turn her body into water.
In 2007, she appeared opposite Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Extinction, portraying the character of Claire Redfield, who in the film, is the leader of a convoy of zombie apocalypse survivors who go to Alaska in search of a safe haven. Her role sent her to Mexicali, Mexico for filming from May to late July, and required her hair to be dyed a light red. Larter explained her character Claire: "She became the leader of this convoy. She's incredibly strong, patient. I think she serves a role for everyone within this convoy, let it be a mother to someone, a buddy, a best friend." Despite negative reviews, the film made a total of US$147 million worldwide. Also in the same year, she appeared with Hayes MacArthur in the comedy Homo Erectus and appeared as Evelyn Garland in the biographical drama Crazy, based on guitarist Hank Garland.
In 2014, Larter obtained a regular part in the first season of TNT's drama series Legends, appearing as Crystal McGuire, an operative with the FBI's Deep Cover Operations. Larter starred in the supernatural thriller The Diabolical as Madison, a single mother who battles evil forces in her house. Released the following year at South by Southwest, it was distributed for a VOD and limited release in certain parts of United States only. The film received largely mixed reviews; Gary Goldstein of Los Angeles Times felt that her "fraught, more seemingly complex [character] remains underdeveloped" in what he described as a "weak horror-thriller".
From 2019 to 2020, Larter played the recurring role of Grace Sawyer in the police procedural series The Rookie. In 2021, Larter played the lead role in the neo-western film The Last Victim. She next starred in the thriller The Man in the White Van, which premiered at the 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival and was released in December 2024 to mixed reviews. In 2024, Larter co-starred in Taylor Sheridan’s show Landman, starring Billy Bob Thornton. Larter played Angela Norris, a “cartoonish” funny caricature of a gold-digging ex-wife.
Larter first appeared in the media when she portrayed the fictional character of Allegra Coleman in the November 1996 issue of Esquire. The magazine, which billed Coleman as the movies' next dream girl, told of Allegra's relationship with David Schwimmer, how Quentin Tarantino broke up with Mira Sorvino to date her, and how Woody Allen overhauled a film to give her a starring role. When the magazine was published, Esquire received hundreds of phone calls about the non-existent Coleman and various talent agencies sought to represent her, even after the hoax was revealed. Larter herself received a considerable amount of attention after the cover; she received phone calls from morning TV shows and others for interviews.
In June 2010, Larter was one of thousands of delegates from 130 countries who participated in a United Nations conference, Women Deliver in Washington, D.C. Larter, along with her husband Hayes MacArthur, hosted The Art of Elysium Gala in 2013 and were recipients of the Spirit of Elysium Award at the January 2014 ceremony.
During her time as a model, Larter moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. In 2002, she moved to New York for a period of three years. In an interview with Phillymag, Larter gave reason for the move: I took some time off to define myself outside the pressures of the industry. Part of me really needed to know if this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. In January 2005, she moved back to Los Angeles for a role in Heroes. In December 2007, Larter and her then longtime boyfriend, Hayes MacArthur, were engaged to marry. They had met on the set of National Lampoon's Homo Erectus. In a 2007 interview with Cosmo, Larter said: "I told my boyfriend after three weeks that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow." On August 1, 2009, Larter married MacArthur at MacArthur's parents' estate in Kennebunkport, Maine; among the invited was Larter's close friend Amy Smart. The couple purchased a three-story home in the Hollywood Hills for $2.9 million in 2012. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they moved to Idaho.
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Net Worth and Salary
Ali Larter's net worth is estimated to be between $8 million and $12 million, depending on the source. Her wealth primarily comes from her successful film and television career, including her roles in "Heroes" and the "Resident Evil" franchise.
Larter took on the title role in Marigold (2007), alongside Salman Khan. The film was released in August 2007 and revolved around Marigold Lexington, an American actress (Larter) who goes to India and gets caught up in the exotic world of Bollywood. Filming took place in North India and London, commencing in June 2004. In an interview with the BBC, Larter remarked this role was "an opportunity to overcome my fear of singing and dancing because I have no professional training [...] I really focused on the character and loved this journey she went on and the experiences she had." She was paid a seven-figure salary for her part in the film.
Career, Business, and Investments
Larter began her career as a teen model before transitioning to acting. She gained recognition for her portrayal of fictional model Allegra Coleman in a 1996 hoax for Esquire magazine. Her film career includes starring roles in "Varsity Blues," "Final Destination," "Legally Blonde," and the "Resident Evil" series. She also appeared in the television series "Heroes" from 2006 to 2010. In addition to acting, Larter has invested in real estate, owning homes in the Hollywood Hills and Santa Monica, California.
Larter began her modeling career at the age of 14 when a modeling scout discovered her on the street and was asked to star in a Phillies commercial; this led to a modeling contract with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency in New York. Larter subsequently skipped her senior year to model in Australia, Italy, and Japan, the latter a country she would temporarily settle in at the age of seventeen. While modeling in Italy, Larter met fellow model and aspiring actress Amy Smart and the two "became instant friends", according to Larter.
Larter has appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, including (in alphabetical order) Allure, Cosmopolitan (France, Indonesia, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Turkey and U.S.), Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Glamour, Health, InStyle, Lucky, Maxim, Philadelphia Style, Self, Seventeen, and Shape. She has appeared in print ads and commercials throughout her career. In 2004, she appeared in print ads for Estée Lauder cosmetics. She has appeared in commercials for Parfums de Coeur Designer Imposter Body Sprays and Stolichnaya vodka.
Social Network
Ali Larter is active on social media platforms like Instagram, where she engages with her fans by posting updates about her life and projects.
Larter played supporting roles in Legally Blonde (2001), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and the romantic comedy A Lot Like Love (2005), and main roles in the Bollywood movie Marigold (2007) and the thriller Obsessed (2009). She achieved wider recognition for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Tracy Strauss on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes (2006–2010), and for portraying the video game heroine Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil film series (2007–2016). Larter currently costars as Angela Norris in the Paramount+ drama series Landman (2024).
Larter's first project in New York was to reprise her role as Clear Rivers in the sequel to Final Destination entitled Final Destination 2. In an interview with IGN, Larter explained her return to the franchise: "When New Line asked me to come back, I thought it was great. They showed me the script and let me have some input, and it was really terrific." The film made US$90 million worldwide, to a mixed critical reception. A year later, Larter served as an associate producer of and starred in the thriller Three Way. After doing so, Larter commented about future producing endeavors during an interview for Resident Evil: Extinction: "I definitely have many ideas and different avenues that I want to take as my career goes on." In 2005, Larter appeared in the independent political thriller Confess, and had a role in the romantic comedy A Lot Like Love, starring Amanda Peet and Ashton Kutcher. That same year, she moved back to Los Angeles.
Larter reprised her role of Claire Redfield in Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), which was filmed in 3D and saw her character ambushed and mentally manipulated by the fictional Umbrella Corporation, before she is rescued by Alice (Milla Jovovich). Like the previous Resident Evil entries, the film received negative reviews but became a major commercial success, earning US$296 million worldwide. On returning to the role of Claire, she stated in an interview with JoBlo.com: "I guess people liked me as her [...] I'm excited that they brought me back [...] To work with the man [ Paul W. S. Anderson] who really created this world and this vision was what excited me about joining this next installment". In 2010, Larter appeared as the title character in a short film for Absolut Vodka entitled "Lemon Drop". Following the release of Afterlife, Larter took a career hiatus to focus on her family.
Education
Larter attended Cherry Hill High School East in New Jersey before pursuing her career in modeling and acting. Specific details about her formal education beyond high school are not widely available.
In conclusion, Ali Larter's career has been marked by significant roles in both film and television, contributing to her substantial net worth. Her personal life and business ventures further highlight her diverse interests and achievements.
