About Me

Ali Blanco is an actor and writer based in New York City. Originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, she moved to Florida when she was six. She graduated from Cornell University while also pursuing Meisner acting training at the Actor's Workshop of Ithaca. After four years of working in finance in New York, she decided to pursue acting full time. She has trained at the the Barrow Group and the Kimball Studio.

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In New York, Ali has worked as an actor in theater and film. Most recently, she performed in Fernando Mercado's Visions of Eternity, which ran in the New York Winter Theater Festival. In film, Ali played a supporting role in Hands Like A Brick Wall by Bennett Hoffman. She was also cast as Jenn in Jeff Clark Jr.'s Yuh Filthy Animal, which was selected for the Jersey Shore Film Festival and the New York International Film Festival. She is currently working as an assistant director on a feature film. 

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Ali is deeply passionate about telling stories and connecting with people through the characters she portrays. She believes that being an artist allows her to connect with others through their shared humanity, while helping create a world with more compassion and understanding.