Alissa ‘Ali’ Skovbye was born in Vancouver, Canada. She comes from a Scandinavian background and most of her extended family resides in Sweden and Denmark. Although she did not initially take to acting like her older sister Tiera, Skovbye became curious about acting around the age of four. Shortly after, she booked her first commercial, for Cadillac. At the age of five Skovbye booked a supporting role in the feature film Personal Effects and in 2010, was cast in her first TV project, an episode of the long running series “Smallville.” She has gone on to guest-star in episodes of “Fringe,” ”Supernatural,” “R.L Stine’s The Haunting Hour” and ”Motive” and had recurring roles in “Once Upon a Time” and the Steven Speilberg-produced series “Falling Skies.”
Skovbye has co-starred as Abigail in three Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original “Gourmet Detective” movies, and she has a recurring role as Becky in Hallmark Channel’s “When Calls the Heart.” She starred opposite Amber Riley in “My One Christmas Wish” and co-starred with Anne Heche in “One Christmas Eve,” for which she received a Young Artist Award nomination. She also appeared in an episode of “The Man in the High Castle.”
