American actress Ali Larter plays "Niki Sanders" on the hit NBC drama Heroes. She has won a Gracie and a Young Hollywood Award.

Larter stars as Lisa, an office temp who relentlessly pursues her married co-worker in the 2009 movie thriller, Obsessed.Philly.com: Cherry Hill's Ali Larter Talks About "Obsessed (April 24, 2009)

Larter was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Her mother Margaret is a homemaker and her father Danforth Larter is a trucking executive.

When she was 14 years old she began her modeling career with Ford Models. When she was 17 she spent a year in Japan and moved to Los Angeles on her return.

Larter is close friends with actress and model Amy Smart they starred together in Varsity Blues, modeled together and were even roommates for a time.

Larter became engaged to actor and comedian Hayes MacArthur in December of 2007.

• Note: Most of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• February 28, 1976: Born

• November 1996: Allegra Coleman hoax

• 1999: Varsity Blues

• 2000: Final Destination

• 2001: The Vagina Monologues

• 2001: Legally Blonde

• 2001: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

• 2006-present: Heroes

• 2007: Resident Evil: Extinction