Jessica Mei Li (born 27 August 1995) is an English actress. She is best known for her starring role as the main character and protagonist Alina Starkov in the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023). She also played as Ellie in the 2025 Netflix film Havoc. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Mei Li, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.