Background and career
Alona Tal (Hebrew: אלונה טל, IPA: [aˈlona ˈtal]; born (1983-10-20)20 October 1983) is an Israeli actress and singer. She is known for her roles in Veronica Mars as the cheerleader Meg Manning, in Supernatural as budding monster hunter Jo Harvelle, as Sonya Lebedenko in the final season of Burn Notice, as grad student Stella Baxter in SEAL Team, and as FBI agent Kayla Craig in Cross.
Alona Tal was born and raised in Herzliya, Israel. Her father Ami Tal is a computer professional of Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish (Turkish-Jewish) descent, whose original surname was "Mizrahi"; whereas her mother Ayala (née Sabat) is a lawyer and is of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish) descent. Both her parents were born in Israel. Her parents divorced when she was 9. She has two sisters as well as two half-sisters from her father's later relationship. She attended the Thelma Yellin High School in Givatayim, Israel, majoring in theatre. She is Jewish and has described herself as a "spiritual person". She served in the military theatre of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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; 2003).
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 recorded a song with Wyclef Jean (the song "Party to Damascus" has Tal singing the chorus in Hebrew).
She 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. She also played the role of Devon Thompson in the movie "Taking 5" in 2007. 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. In November 2020, Tal was cast as Ivy in the second season of the drama series Truth be Told. She was later cast as Chloe MacKenzie on Fire Country.
On 23 March 2005, Tal married American actor Marcos A. Ferraez. Tal announced on 23 October 2016, at a Supernatural panel that she was expecting her first child. She celebrated her pregnancy with a baby shower on 29 January 2017. Guests included fellow Israeli actresses Gal Gadot and Noa Tishby. She has two daughters, born in March 2017 and September 2022.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
