Ali Axelrad (Alison Axelrad) is an American actor, originally from Fullerton, California. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish decent. At age six, she started training as a classical singer and went on to study at Orange County School of the Arts. She graduated early and moved to New York City, where she made her Carnegie Hall debut with the Israeli Philharmonic in the US premier of Machaye Haymetim, under the direction of Maestro Zubin Mehta. Ali portrayed the iconic role of Wendy Darling opposite Tony Award nominee Jenn Colella at the Stephen Sondheim Center and was a part of Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities' Ovation-nominated production of Ragtime. Notable film and television credits include David Fincher's Academy Nominated film Mank, alongside Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried (Netflix), as well as Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino (Netflix). She has lent her singing voice to Marta in Yamaha's recording of The Sound of Music and as a soloist with John Buccino's hit track Grateful on the Grateful Hurricane Sandy Benefit Release.