Alona Tal

Israeli American singer and actressTemplate:SHORTDESC:Israeli American singer and actress

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**Alona Tal** (Hebrew: אלונה טל‎, IPA: [aˈlona ˈtal]; born October 20, 1983) is an Israeli singer and actress. She is known for her roles in *Veronica Mars* as cheerleader Meg Manning and in *Supernatural* as Jo Harvelle.

## Early life

Tal was born and raised in Herzliya, Israel. She is Jewish and has described herself as a "spiritual person". Her father Ami Tal is a computer professional of Sephardic Jewish (Turkish-Jewish) descent, whose original surname was "Mizrahi". Her mother Ayala (née Sabat) is a lawyer of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish) descent. Both her parents were born in Israel.

She served in the Israel Defense Forces's military theatre.[*citation needed*]

## 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 met singer Wyclef Jean and recorded a song with him (the song "Party to Damascus" has Tal singing the chorus in Hebrew).

Tal 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.* In 2013, she starred in the mystery series *Cult*. She played the role of "Sonya" in the seventh and final season of *Burn Notice*.

## Personal life

On March 23, 2005, Tal married fellow American actor Marcos 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 gave birth to a daughter Charlie Ferraez in March 2017.

## References

1. ↑ "Ze Ze O Ze Ze". *HaPijamot*. Season 3. Episode 62. July 28, 2004. 10:13 minutes in. Arutz HaYeladim. Transcript. Trivia: Alona was born October 20 Unknown parameter `|episodelink=` ignored (help); Cite uses deprecated parameter `|transcripturl=` (help).
2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2012-06-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ↑ http://twitter.com/talalona/status/222604438588768256
4. ↑ "Zen Mama! Alona Tal Celebrates Daughter's Upcoming Birth with Celestial-Themed Baby Shower". *PEOPLE.com*. 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
5. ↑ "Alona Tal Welcomes Daughter Charlie". *PEOPLE.com*. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
6. ↑ "CW's Cult Casts Alona Tal..." *Tvline.com*. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

## External links

* Alona Tal on IMDb
* Alona Tal on Twitter