Ali Astin got her start in show business at the tender age of 3, when she appeared as the Hobbit, Eleanor, in “The Return of the King,” the final installment in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. She went on to perform on stage in regional theaters in California for over half a decade and has been acting on stage and screen since. She studied Theater, Dance, & Media as well as English and Archaeology at Harvard Collage and has studied at The UCLA Graduate School of Theater, Film, & Television and NYU Tisch.