Ali Larter Biography
Larter, a 13-year-old tomboy from Cherry Hill, N.J., is discovered on a Philadelphia street and asked to be in a Phillies commercial. She signs a modeling contract with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency in New York and skips her senior year to work in Japan and Australia. "I liked having the attention and getting my hair and makeup done," she tells In Style in 2007 of her first career. "It made me feel beautiful."
Larter meets model and aspiring actress Amy Smart (left) while the two are modeling in Italy. "[We] became instant friends," Larter recalls to Toronto's Calgary Sun in 1999. Smart later persuades Larter to pursue acting with her and the two move into an L.A. apartment together.
Larter, 20, poses as the invented Allegra Coleman ("Hollywood's Next Dream Girl") for Esquire's Hoax Issue. With Larter as its face, the magazine fictionalizes Hollywood's new "It" girl as a star in a future Woody Allen movie and girlfriend to Friends star David Schwimmwer. The story's not real, but the attention attracts real buzz for Larter who nabs an agent.
Larter, 23, stars in Varsity Blues with James Van Der Beek and best friend Amy Smart. In the now-infamous scene, Larter tempts Van Der Beek in a whip cream bikini topped off with cherry nipples (right). "I had no qualms about doing that scene...I could tell it was going to be a great moment the first time I read the script," she tells the Toronto Sun. The film earns $54 million at the box office, launching Larter into other flicks like Drive Me Crazy and House on Haunted Hill.
With a taupe off-the-shoulder Calvin Klein dress at the 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards, Larter enters the awards season for Heroes hitting the perfect fashion notes. The following week, she raises the bar in a plunging v-neck Reem Acra dress (right) at the 64th Annual Golden Globes, and solidifies her place on PEOPLE's Ten Best Dressed list as "The Newcomer," with another Reem Acra gown in slinky red satin at the 2007 Emmy Awards.
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