Alexia “Ally” Ioannides was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Christine and Aristides Ioannides. Her father, born to immigrant parents, is of Greek descent. Their mother, who is from Wisconsin, is of Croatian and Swedish descent. She is the sister of Katerina Ioannides, who works in politics
Ally’s career began with their acting, singing and dancing in stage musicals at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, and then the Pioneer Theatre Company and Hale Center Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah. They became interested in film when she participated as an actor in the Sundance Directors Labs in 2013.
She made her television debut in 2014, where she played the troubled Dylan Jones in Jason Katims’ Parenthood. They were nominated for a Young Artists Award for her performance. She followed this with more prominent television roles including a substantial role on Law and Order: SVU, a recurring role on Elementary, where they portrayed a psychopath opposite Lucy Liu and Jhonny Lee Miller. She then appeared as a series regular on AMC’s Into The Badlands, where they played Tilda, a bisexual teenage assassin, for 3 seasons. Ally learned martial arts for the role and is considered a “fan favorite”.
