Ali is an award-winning actor & director from Ngunnawal Country. She has a BA (hons) in Applied Theatre from Griffith University. Her most recent stage credits include Just Hearing by Fi Peel, Season 3 (March 2024 ACT + May 2024 QLD Tour). Produced by Rebus Theatre in collaboration with Canberra Community Law. Blank by Nazim Soleimanpour, Produced by Lexi Sekulus at the Mill Theatre at Diary Road (Feb 2024).

She is known to delight young audiences as a playwright & performer in her interactive solo clowning show, Suitcase Universe that recently returned from a successful Sydney tour commissioned by the Fairfield City Council.

Since 2016 Ali has worked as a playwright, actor and facilitator for Mindblank Ply Ltd, a forum theatre company working across ACT, NSW, QLD and the NT. Ali co- produced, directed & performed ‘At the End of Our Street’ for Rebus Playback Ensemble’s, ‘Project Alchemy Bushfire Recovery Tour’ ACT, NSW & VIC funded by Australian Department of Industry’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program.

She won a Canberra Critics Circle award for her work as co-director, writer and performer for ‘What if Scientists Ruled the World’ commissioned by The Australian Academy of Science. Her work later being commissioned by Questacon and developed into ‘Chain Reaction’ for the National Science and Technology Centre.