Alona

Alona Tal was born October 20, 1983 and is an Israeli actress and singer.

Early Life

Alona Tal was born and raised in Herzliya, Israel. Her father Ami Tal is of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish (Turkish-Jewish) descent, whose original surname was originally "Mizrahi"; whereas her mother Ayala is a lawyer and is of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish) descent. Both her parents were born in Israel. Her parents divorced when she was 9. She has two sisters as well as two half-sisters from her father's later relationship. She attended the Thelma Yellin High School in Givatayim, Israel, majoring in theatre. She is Jewish and has described herself as a "spiritual person". She served in the military theatre of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

Career

Tal started her career after her military service, with a children's musical video tape in which she played an evil witch. Following that, she appeared in a commercial for a laundry detergent, and then appeared in the lead role in the Israeli film Lihiyot Kochav (To Be A Star).

During the filming of the movie Tal was offered two roles in two different Israeli television shows, and she took both. The first was a soap opera named Tzimerim, about the life of a family that runs a hotel; the second one was HaPijamot (The Pyjamas), a sitcom about a struggling band determined to make it in the real world. She took part in the first three seasons and later took part as a guest star which gave her the chance to show her musical talent. Although she was the main character only in the first three seasons, she appeared in the fourth season for several episodes.

Tal also appeared in the music video for "Final Warning", by Skylar Grey.

Tal moved to New York City, where she recorded a song with Wyclef Jean (the song "Party to Damascus" has Tal singing the chorus in Hebrew).

She landed a role on Veronica Mars, that of Meg Manning, one of Veronica Mars's few friends. She also played the recurring role Jo Harvelle on the second, fifth, and seventh seasons of Supernatural. Tal also guest-starred on the series finale of Monk as Adrian Monk's stepdaughter, Molly Evans. In 2010, she performed the voice of Catherine-B320 (also known as Kat) in the video game Halo: Reach. Also in 2010 she guest starred in the 6th episode in season 3 of Leverage as Kaye Lynn Gold where she sang a duet with Eliot (Christian Kane). In 2013, she starred in the mystery series Cult. She played the role of "Sonya" in the seventh and final season of Burn Notice.

In November 2020, Tal was cast as Ivy in the second season of the drama series Truth be Told. Most recently in 2024 she starred as Kayla Craig in the Amazon Studios miniseries Cross.

Personal Life

On March 23, 2005, Tal married American actor Marcos A. Ferraez. Tal announced on October 23, 2016, at a Supernatural panel that she was expecting her first child. She celebrated her pregnancy with a baby shower on January 29, 2017. Guests included fellow Israeli actresses Gal Gadot and Noa Tishby. She has two daughters, born in March 2017 and September 2022.

Information from Wikipedia

I had the chance to meet Alona in April 2008 at an SPN convention in Orlando. She was so sweet. I loved her as Jo Harvelle on Supernatural. I was really upset when they killed her off along with her mom Ellen Harvell portrayed by Samantha Ferris