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Alison Elizabeth Larter (born February 28, 1976) is an actress from Cherry Hill, [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]], who is best known for [[MsFanservice fanservicey]] roles and teen films--at least until the 2010s for the latter.

She first started out as a hoax celebrity called "Allegra Coleman," a model who has relationships with Creator/DavidSchwimmer and Creator/QuentinTarantino (the latter being "said" to go so far as to break up with his then-girlfriend at the time to date Allegra), and how Creator/WoodyAllen planned to have a movie with her as the star. When the secret was out, Larter gained fame.

In TheNineties and all the way to the middle of the new millennium, she starred in such films as ''Film/VarsityBlues'', where she had the famous [[BestKnownForTheFanservice whipped-cream bikini]] on, TheRemake of ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1999'', ''Film/FinalDestination1'' and its sequel, and ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack.'' She also starred in ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' and ''Chicago Hope'',

Larter's next big break was in playing Niki Sanders, a desperate but loving single mother, and her split personality, Jessica, in the series ''{{Series/Heroes}}''. Larter's work suffered as the writing for the entire show began to stagger and grow increasingly contrived -- including a twist straight out of a SoapOpera, where, afer Niki's death in an explosion in season 3, Larter returns to play Tracy, Niki's sister/clone. After ''Heroes,'' she starred in ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'' and ''Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife'', ''Marigold'', and ''Obsessed''. ''Obsessed'' was an all-time low for her, as she was recently nominated for a [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie Award]] for Worst Supporting Actress, but she lost to Sienna Miller for her performance in ''[[Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]''.

Even with the roles, she's doing well for herself, as she's currently married to Hayes [=MacArthur=] and has two children with him. She also supports several charity work, and she even appeared in ''The Vagina Monologues'' at one point.

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!!Roles:

* ''Series/SuddenlySusan'' (1997) as Maddie
* ''Series/ChicagoHope'' (1998) as Samantha
* ''Series/JustShootMe'' (1998) as Karey Burke
* ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' (1998) as Kristy Livingstone
* ''Film/VarsityBlues'' (1999) as Darcy Sears
* ''Film/DriveMeCrazy'' (1999) as Dulcie
* ''Film/{{House on Haunted Hill|1999}}'' (1999) as Sara Wolfe
* ''Film/FinalDestination'' as Clear Rivers
** ''Film/FinalDestination1'' (2000)
** ''Film/FinalDestination2'' (2003)
* ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' (2001) as Brooke Taylor-Windham
* ''Film/AmericanOutlaws'' (2001) as Zerelda 'Zee' Mimms
* ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' (2001) as Chrissy
* ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' (2004) as herself
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' (2006-10) as Niki Sanders, Jessica Sanders, Tracy Strauss
* ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' as Claire Redfield
** ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'' (2007)
** ''Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife'' (2010)
** ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'' (2016)
* ''Film/{{Obsessed}}'' (2009) as Lisa Sheridan
* ''Series/TheLeague'' (2013) as Georgia Thompson
* ''Series/{{Legends}}'' (2014) as Crystal [=McGuire=]
* ''Series/{{Pitch|2016}}'' (2016) as Amelia Slater
* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' (2017) as TV Detective #1
* ''Series/SplittingUpTogether'' (2018-19) as Paige
* ''Series/TheRookie'' (2019-20) as Dr. Grace Sawyer
* ''Series/{{Creepshow}}'' (2021) as Pam Spinster
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!!Associated Tropes:

* {{Joisey}}: Again, she was born in Cherry Hill.
* TheNondescript: While she was on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', a series of comic-book themed covers were commissioned for ''TV Guide.'' The artist for the cover she was on, Phil Jimenez, [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/heroes-comic-kring-40166.aspx described her as]] torturous for an artist, saying "she’s a really beautiful woman without a specific defining feature to grab on to," making it hard to make the drawing instantly recognizable as the actress.
* StatuesqueStunner: She is 5'8".
* TypeCasting: She is either the FinalGirl in horror films or MsFanservice otherwise. Or, again, the one who wears a whipped-cream bikini, which is the one thing that comes to mind when people think of her.
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