Ali Stroker is opening up about a devastating personal loss.
The Glee alum and Tony Award winner revealed in an emotional Instagram post Saturday that she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year after what she called a ‘tough season’ of fertility struggles.
‘It’s been a tough season. I honestly have wanted to hide and not share anything about my life,’ Stroker, 37, wrote. ‘But these are the moments that I need to practice what I preach and have the courage to be vulnerable. This past January, I had a miscarriage that surprised me and knocked me off my feet.’
Stroker — who made history in 2019 as the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony — shared that she also lost a job that meant ‘so much’ to her just weeks later.
‘I had thought I knew what the future would hold, and in 30 days was brought to my knees with grief and confusion,’ she continued.
‘I’m taking the next 30 days to do a self care project/promise/experiment.’
Ali Stroker revealed in an emotional Instagram post Saturday that she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year after what she called a ‘tough season’ of fertility struggles
Stroker and her husband, theater director David Perlow, welcomed their first child, son Jesse, in November 2022
She added: ‘Right now, I’m CHOOSING (because damn I definitely don’t want) to put myself out there in a scary time. I don’t know what’s next and I want to say HERE I AM.’
Stroker and her husband, theater director David Perlow, welcomed their first child, son Jesse, in November 2022.
At the time, the couple shared the news to Instagram.
‘World meet Jesse Kenneth Perlow!’ Ali gushed.
‘Born 11/8 healthy and so happy to be here! Life will never be the same. We are so lucky that you are our boy!’
‘World meet Jesse Kenneth Perlow!’ she gushed. ‘Born 11/8 healthy and so happy to be here! Life will never be the same. We are so lucky that you are our boy!’
The couple, who met in 2015 and married in 2021, had announced the pregnancy last year on their first wedding anniversary.
Stroker rose to fame in 2012 on The Glee Project and later appeared on Glee.
‘It’s been a tough season. I honestly have wanted to hide and not share anything about my life,’ Stroker, 37, wrote. ‘But these are the moments that I need to practice what I preach and have the courage to be vulnerable. This past January, I had a miscarriage that surprised me and knocked me off my feet’
The couple, who met in 2015 and married in 2021, had announced the pregnancy last year on their first wedding anniversary
She broke barriers on Broadway as the first wheelchair-using actress to star in a production, and in 2019 won a Tony Award for Oklahoma!
Stroker, 31, became the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award, earning Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her turn as Ado Annie in the widely celebrated revival of Oklahoma!
She broke barriers on Broadway as the first wheelchair-using actress to star in a production, and in 2019 won a Tony Award for Oklahoma!.
‘This award is for every kid watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena,’ she said during her acceptance speech .
‘You are,’ she concluded.
Stroker, 31, became the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award, earning Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her turn as Ado Annie in the widely celebrated revival of Oklahoma!
