Biography
Independent film star Aleksa Palladino began her career in a starring role, at the age of 15, in
Lisa Krueger's debut feature Manny & Lo (1996). Palladino played Lo, the pregnant runaway sister of Manny (
Scarlett Johansson). For the next couple of years, she continued getting starring roles in small indie films including
Red Dirt,
Wrestling With Alligators, and
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. Making a brief move to made-for-TV movies, she starred in the USA Network original movie
The Huntress as a 19-year-old girl avenging her father's death. Eventually, she accepted a couple of supporting roles for two downbeat dramas in 2001,
Todd Solondz's
Storytelling and Tanya Wexler's
Ball in the House. A musician and lyricist herself, Palladino also appeared in a Gin Blossoms music video. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide