New
Jersey native Ali Larter began her career as a model at
the age of 13 before moving to Los Angeles to pursue her
acting career. She started off on stage and guest starring
on numerous television shows, including Chicago Hope,
Just Shoot Me, and Dawson's Creek before landing her first
film role in the independent feature Casanova Falling.
But it was her role in Varsity Blues opposite James Van
Der Beek that really caught the attention of audiences.
Her breakthrough
role required her to wear a bikini made entirely out
of whipped cream. It made an impression on Van Der Beek's
character and quickly made an equally strong impression
on casting directors. Larter soon found herself winning
roles in several major projects over the course of 1999.
First up was Drive Me Crazy with Melissa Joan Hart,
in which Larter played Adrian Grenier's girlfriend.
She followed that up with The House on Haunted Hill,
in which she played one of several victims (including
Taye Diggs) who are offered a million dollars to spend
the night in a haunted house.Larter's next major film
role is in Final Destination with Devon Sawa and Kerr
Smith. In it, she plays one of several passengers who
disembark an airplane when one of them (Sawa) has a
vision that the plane will crash. The plane does, but
the victim's relief is short-lived.
Soon thereafter,
one by one, they each start to die in mysterious ways.
The film promises to be much more than just another
horror film, particularly with its intriguing theme
about fate and death. If the film does well, it could
finally be the one that puts Ali Larter permanently
on the list of sought-after young actresses.
