Alexia "Ally" Ioannides (born January 1998) is an American actress, best known for playing Dylan Jones in the NBC drama series ''Parenthood'' from 2014 to 2015, and Tilda in the 2015-2019 AMC martial arts drama series '' Into the Badlands''.

Early life

Ioannides was born in

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, and raised in

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. She moved to

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at age 14. She started her career as a stage actor playing in musicals at the

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in Park City, as well as the

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and Hale Center Theater in

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. These theaters were also established many years ago. Ioannides began elementary school at

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in Atlanta, then Trailside in Park City, and finally the Madeleine Choir School, where she sang in over 300 services and concerts, notably at the

Utah Opera The Utah Opera is an American opera company that has been merged with Utah Symphony since July 2002, with a combined audience of more than 150,000 annually. History In 1978, the Utah Opera company presented its first production of Puccini's '' ...

Career

Ioannides gained her first professional acting role at age 11 as Ester in the stage adaptation of ''

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''. She continued with roles in plays such as ''White Christmas'', ''Annie'', and ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. Se ...

''. By 2015, Ioannides was focusing mostly on film and television, notably as Dylan Jones on NBC's ''Parenthood''. Her 2013 short film with

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, ''The Tsarevich'', was shown at various film festivals and another short, ''Stray'' (2014), put her the top 200 for consideration in the final season of the series "

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Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ioannides, Ally Living people American people of Greek descent Actresses from Atlanta American film actresses American television actresses American stage actresses American child actresses 21st-century American actresses People from Park City, Utah Actresses from Utah 1998 births