Sophia Ali, Pakistani-American, born in San Diego, has been committed to her acting career since she was just a child. Ali grew up dancing and always had a love of the performing arts. She began booking roles in film, television and national commercials at eight years old after the family relocated to Dallas. As she continued to take classes and focus on her craft, at 14, she booked a job with Disney Channel as the host of an interstitial show interviewing Disney stars and gamers.
Ali next stars in the upcoming Amazon Original series The Wilds playing Fatin Jadmani, a proudly promiscuous girl with an audacious fashion sense. When she doesn’t pull her weight on the island, the others mistake her for a good-for-nothing slacker. But if they knew her past, they’d realize nothing could be further from
Sophia Ali, Pakistani-American, born in San Diego, has been committed to her acting career since she was just a child. Ali grew up dancing and always had a love of the performing arts. She began booking roles in film, television and national commercials at eight years old after the family relocated to Dallas. As she continued to take classes and focus on her craft, at 14, she booked a job with Disney Channel as the host of an interstitial show interviewing Disney stars and gamers.
Ali next stars in the upcoming Amazon Original series The Wilds playing Fatin Jadmani, a proudly promiscuous girl with an audacious fashion sense. When she doesn’t pull her weight on the island, the others mistake her for a good-for-nothing slacker. But if they knew her past, they’d realize nothing could be further from the truth.
Ali, best known for her role as Dr. Dahlia Qadri, a Muslim intern on Grey’s Anatomy, has become a part of the representation discussion in Hollywood. As one of the few characters in television to wear a hijab, Ali has enjoyed shedding light on something many people see as a negative and loves that Qadri is proud of her religion and heritage and chooses to wear it as it is a symbol of empowerment. In addition to her popular role on Grey’s Anatomy, she had a recurring role in Freeform’s Famous in Love, and feature film supporting roles in Universal Pictures’ Truth or Dare, and Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some.
