Alona Tal - Biography

Alona Tal (born October 20, 1983) is an Israeli television actress.

1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Filmography
4 External links

Career

Tal started her career fresh out of the Israel Defense Forces, 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. After that she got the lead role in the Israeli film Lihiyot Kochav (To Be A Star).

During the filming of the movie, she 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. This sitcom ran for seven seasons, which she took part at three of them, and later took part as a guest star, and gave Tal 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. Following that, Tal recorded several songs with Israeli rapper Subliminal.

Seeking some rest from her busy schedule, Tal went to New York City to live with her sister. In New York, she met singer Wyclef Jean and recorded a song with him (the song "Party to Damascus" has Tal singing the chorus in Hebrew). In a recent interview he referred to himself as her mentor, seeking to help her with her true passion, music. She learned to speak with an American accent for the trip to Los Angeles.

She landed a role on Veronica Mars, that of Meg Manning, one of Veronica Mars' few friends. Tal had originally auditioned for the lead eponymous role on the show, which went to Kristen Bell, but Rob Thomas liked her so much that he created the recurring role of Meg Manning specifically for her. She also played the recurring role Jo Harvelle on the second and fifth 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.

Personal life

Tal married actor Marcos Ferraez on June 5, 2007.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Pim Pam Po BeArmon HaKsamim	Shusha the Witch	English title: Pim Pam Po In the Magic Castle
2003	Tzimerim	Maya	TV series
2003	Lihiyot Kochav	Lilach	English title: To Be a Star
2003–2006	HaPijamot	Alona Tal	TV series
2004–2006	Veronica Mars	Meg Manning	10 episodes
2005	'	Tally Jordan	Episode: "Room Service"
2006	Cold Case	Sally	Episode: "8 Years"
2006	7th Heaven	Simon's Mystery Friend	Episode: "Highway to Cell"
2006	Commander in Chief	Courtney Winters	Episode: "State of the Unions"
2006	Split Decision	Bex Christensen	TV movie
2006–2007	Supernatural	Jo Harvelle	5 episodes
2007	Frangela	Sara	TV movie
2007	Taking Five	Devon
2007	Half Past Dead 2	Ellie Burke	Video
2007	Cane	Rebecca King Vega	13 episodes
2008	'	Jackie Kemp	Episode: "Rag Dolls"
2008	College	Gina
2008	Ghost Whisperer	Fiona Raine	Episode: "Firestarter"
2009	Supernatural	Jo Harvelle	Episode: "Good God, Y'All" Episode: "Abandon All Hope"
2009	'	Natalie	Episode: "Crimson Casanova"
2009	Knight Rider	Julie Nelson	Episode: "Knight and the City"
2009	Party Down	Heather	Episode: "California College Conservative Union Caucus"
2009	Monk	Molly Evans	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the End: Part 2"
2010	Independent Lens	Hannah Senesh (voice)	Episode: "Blessed Is the Match"
2010	Lie to Me	Becky Turley	Episode: "React to Contact"
2010	Leverage	Kaye Lynn Gold	Episode: "The Studio Job"
2010	Undocumented	Liz
2010	'	Ashley	Episode: "Nevada v. Carter"
2010	Kalamity	Ashley
2011	Pretty Little Liars	Simone	Episode: "Careful What U Wish For"
2011	The Killing	Aleena Drizocki	Episode: "Beau Soleil"
2011	Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D	Helen Cooper	Post-production
2011	Prime Minister's Children	Libi Agmon
2011	Supernatural	Jo Harvelle	Episode: "Defending Your Life"
2012	Powers	Zora	Main cast