Ali Cobrin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Molly on the Showtime seriesLook: The Series, Kara in the 2012 filmAmerican Reunion, Whitney in the 2014 filmNeighbors, and Kari Baxter on the Amazon Prime seriesThe Baxters.

Cobrin was born and raised inChicago,Illinois.^[1] She attended high school at theChicago Academy for the Arts where she majored inmusical theatre.^[2] Growing up, she trained to become a classicalballerina^[3] and competed in theJunior Olympics.^[2] Cobrin has one brother, and two half-sisters. She is ofJewish descent.^[4]

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 theEdinburgh Fringe Festival.^[5] During that same time, Cobrin had workshopped Broadway musicals, includingAll That Jazz andWonderland, which were directed byBen Vereen and Frank Wildhorn, respectively.^[6] After graduating high school at the age of 17, Cobrin moved toLos Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career.^[2]

Upon moving toLos Angeles, Cobrin had her first film acting role in a 2008 short film entitledOne. That same year, she starred in another short film calledJack Turner and the Reluctant Vampire, which won two awards in the Los Angeles Accolade Competition.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, Cobrin had a supporting role inThe Hole, a 3D film directed byJoe 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 inKings by Night,^{[citation needed]} a comedy pilot for Spike TV, and Showtime'sLOOK.^[1] Later that year, she had a lead actress role in the filmCold 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 played the role of Kara inAmerican Reunion, a sequel in the originalAmerican Pie film series.^[9] The same year, she starred inLife’s an Itch.^[10]

In 2014, Cobrin portrayed Whitney in the filmNeighbors, oppositeZac Efron andSeth Rogen. She also portrayed Joan in the drama thriller filmOutlaw, directed byTodd Shields and Julia in the Michaël Nakache drama filmConnected.^[11] In 2015, she portrayed Kylie Atkins inTrevor Matthews' horror thriller filmGirl House, in which she co-starred withSlaine.^[12]

In 2024, she plays Kari Baxter on the Amazon Prime seriesThe Baxters, oppositeRoma Downey andTed McGinley as her parents.

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