Ali Cobrin

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Ali Cobrin
Born
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
SpouseZak Resnick
Children1

Ali Cobrin is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Molly on the Showtime series Look: The Series , Kara in the 2012 film American Reunion , Whitney in the 2014 film Neighbors , and Kari Baxter on the Amazon Prime series The Baxters .

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Early life

Cobrin was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. [1] She attended high school at the Chicago Academy for the Arts where she majored in musical theatre. [2] Growing up, she trained to become a classical ballerina [3] and competed in the Junior Olympics. [2] Cobrin has one brother, and two half-sisters. She is of Jewish descent. [4]

Career

Cobrin began her entertainment career as an improvisation player in Second City's teen ensemble and danced with the Burklyn Ballet Theater touring Scotland, where she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [5] During that same time, Cobrin had workshopped Broadway musicals, including All That Jazz and Wonderland, which were directed by Ben Vereen and Frank Wildhorn, respectively. [6] After graduating high school at the age of 17, Cobrin moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. [2]

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Cobrin had her first film acting role in a 2008 short film entitled One. That same year, she starred in another short film called Jack Turner and the Reluctant Vampire, which won two awards in the Los Angeles Accolade Competition.[ citation needed ] In 2009, Cobrin had a supporting role in The Hole, a 3D film directed by Joe Dante. [7] The film would win the first Premio Persol award for best 3-D movie at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. [8] In 2010, Cobrin made her debut television appearance in Kings by Night,[ citation needed ] a comedy pilot for Spike TV, and Showtime's LOOK. [1] Later that year, she had a lead actress role in the film Cold Cabin, and appeared opposite to rapper B.o.B in the Adidas Originals shoe campaign commercial, MEGA Diner. [5] In 2011, she guest starred in the television series, Friends with Benefits.[ citation needed ] In 2012, Cobrin had a supporting role in American Reunion , a sequel in the original American Pie film series . [9] The same year, she starred in Life’s an Itch. [10] In 2015, she portrayed Kylie Atkins in Trevor Matthews' horror thriller film Girl House , in which she co-starred with Slaine. [11] She portrayed also Joan in the drama thriller film Outlaw , which was directed by Todd Shields and Julia in Michaël Nakache drama film Connected. [12]

She plays Kari Baxter on the Amazon Prime series The Baxters .

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Jack Turner and the Reluctant VampireValShort film
2008OneJessShort film
2009 The Hole Tiffany
2010Cold CabinKate
2012 American Reunion Kara
2012Life's an ItchGillian Gracin
2014 Neighbors Whitney
2014 Girl House Kylie Atkins
2014 Lap Dance Monica
2014A Beautiful NowTracey
2014OutlawJoan
2015ConnectedJuliaShort film
2018 The Iron Orchard Lee MontgomeryCo-star
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Look: The Series MollyMain role; 11 episodes
2010Kings by NightAmberUnaired Spike pilot
2011 Friends with Benefits Hope PraterEpisode: "The Benefit of Being Shallow"
2015The Unauthorized Melrose Place StoryDaphne ZunigaTelevision film
2018The BaxtersKari BaxterTelevision series
2018Deadly MatrimonyParker WyndhamTelevision film
2020My Birthday RomanceCallieTelevision film
2024 The Baxters Kari Baxter JacobsLead role

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  4. ↑ @AliCobrin (November 4, 2010). "well the rest of the jews in the world atoned, i posed in my panties on a motorcycle. http://twitpic.com/2ppezq" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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