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On July 19, 2024, Netflix added a new musical romance movie titled Find Me Falling to its list. The main actors in the movie are Harry Connick Jr., Ali Fumiko Whitney and Agni Scott.
With a stellar cast and some great music, Find Me Falling directed by Stelana Kliris was shot mostly in Cyprus and the United States. A few days after its release, the Harry Connick Jr.-led film now holds an IMDb rating of 6.5/10.
Actress Ali Fumiko Whitney stars as Melina in this Netflix movie. Her character in the film acts as a catalyst to stabilize the relationship between John Allman (Harry Connick Jr.) and Sia (Agni Scott).
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Everything to know about Ali Fumiko Whitney
With three distinct ancestries - Scottish, English and Japanese - Ali Fumiko Whitney, an American actress based in Los Angeles, California, rose to fame in the film industry with Richie Adam's smash hit The Road Dance (2021). In it, she played Annie Macleod, the sister of the lead character Kirsty Macleod (Hermione Corfield).
She plays Melina in the just-released Netflix movie Find Me Falling, as we already know. John Allman, the main character, is the father of Melina. Melina is a Cyprus-born bar singer. She doesn't have a mentor in her early years to assist her in forging a career in the music industry, hence she sings in a bar and delivers groceries instead.
But when John returns to Cyprus and eventually reunites with Sia, The Girl on the Beach, he gives his daughter Melina his next big song. Melina then moves to New York to record her debut single and launch her singing career.
How old is Ali Fumiko Whitney?
Ali Fumiko Whitney was born on October 10, 1995, to former actress Elizabeth Reiko Kubota and Ken Whitney. Currently, she is 28 years old. Ali wanted to be an actress from a very young age, as she revealed to Jejune magazine in an interview on June 17, 2022.
She admitted that even after scoring significant movie roles, she now aspires to play a supervillain or supergirl in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ali said:
"I would love to work on an action film in the future! I have always been a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so putting it out there into the Universe that I would love to take on a badass action role in that world!"
Currently, she is in a relationship with Josh David Strickland, as revealed by her on her Instagram account.
Other prominent works of Ali Fumiko Whitney
To date, Ali has featured in a handful number of Hollywood projects. Here is a list of the films that she has featured in.
(Note - The fourth movie in the list will be released on August 2, 2024.)
- The Road Dance - 2021
- Cabin Girl - 2023
- Snow Valley - 2024
- #AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead - 2024
- Find Me Falling - 2024
Ali also enrolled in a musical theatre course at UCLA to pursue her passion. Back in the regional theatre, she performed in musicals such as In the Heights, The Lyric Project, and more.
Find Me Falling is now streaming on Netflix.
