Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter (born February 28, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model. She began her screen career after several guest stints on television shows in the 1990s. She is well-known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Tracy Strauss on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes.
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Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter (born February 28, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model. She began her screen career after several guest stints on television shows in the 1990s. She is well-known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Tracy Strauss on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes.
Larter began her career as a model but soon transitioned into acting. Her screen debut came in the 1999 film Varsity Blues, followed by the horror films House on Haunted Hill (1999) and Final Destination (2000). She had major supporting roles in the comedy Legally Blonde and the romantic comedy A Lot Like Love (2005), and lead roles in the Bollywood film Marigold (2007) and the 2009 thriller Obsessed. Larter achieved wider fame after her portrayal of Claire Redfield in Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) and the upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife.
Larter has been named in "Sexiest Woman Alive" lists. She married her boyfriend of three years, Hayes MacArthur, in a small ceremony in Maine on August 1, 2009. She is expecting her first child with MacArthur in winter 2010.

Early life and Modelling
Larter was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She has an older sister named Kirsten, who is a teacher. She is the daughter of Margaret, a homemaker, and Danforth Larter, a trucking executive. She attended Carusi Middle School and Cherry Hill High School West.
Larter began her modelling career at the age of 14 when a modelling scout discovered her on the street. She was asked to star in a Phillies commercial and later signed a modeling contract with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency in New York. Larter subsequently skipped her senior year to model in Japan, Australia and Italy. At seventeen, Larter settled temporarily in Japan. Later, in 1995, she accompanied her boyfriend in his move to Los Angeles, California.
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