Years active: 2003 - present (started around 19 years old; 21 years in the business)
Instagram follower count: 166k (as of November 2024)
About Alona Tal
Alona Tal (Hebrew: אלונה טל, IPA: ; 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.
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.
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).
As of November 2024, Alona has amassed 166,000 followers on Instagram.
