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Alyson Hannigan - Biography |
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Alyson Lee Hannigan (born March 24,
1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Willow
Rosenberg on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Michelle
Flaherty in three American Pie films and Lily Aldrin on the CBS sitcom How
I Met Your Mother.
Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Emilie Posner, a
real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. Hannigan is of Irish
descent on her father's side and Jewish on her mother's. Her parents
divorced a year after her birth and she was raised mostly by her mother in
Atlanta.
Hannigan has dated Ginger Fish of Marilyn Manson. She married actor Alexis
Denisof (who played Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the Buffy/Angel franchise) at
Two Bunch Palms Resort in Desert Hot Springs, California on October 11,
2003. They bought a house together in Santa Monica, California. Their
daughter, Satyana Marie Denisof, was born six years later at home on
Hannigan's 35th birthday, on March 24, 2009.
Although Hannigan had appeared in an industrial film for "Active
Parenting" as a baby, as well as having starred in a commercial for the
Duncan Hines cookie mix in 1978, it was not until 1985, when she moved to
Los Angeles, California, that she formally began her acting career. Living
with her mother and attending North Hollywood High School, she
successfully auditioned for agents while visiting her father in Santa
Barbara. After attending North Hollywood High School she attended
California State University, Northridge
Hannigan's first major film role was in My Stepmother Is an Alien, a
science fiction comedy released in 1988; one of her co-stars in the film
was actor Seth Green, who would later join her in the regular cast of
Buffy as her on-screen boyfriend. Then in 1989, her first regular role on
a TV series came when she was cast in the short-lived ABC sitcom Free
Spirit. Throughout most of the early-1990s, she appeared in commercials.
In 1997, Hannigan was cast to play Willow Rosenberg, Buffy's best friend,
on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (replacing Riff Regan,
who played Willow in the unaired 25-minute pilot). The show became a
success, and Hannigan gained recognition, subsequently appearing in
several notable films aimed at teenage audiences, including American Pie,
American Pie 2, Boys and Girls, and American Wedding. By the time Buffy
had ended in 2003, Hannigan was earning a US$250,000 salary for each
episode. She also had a guest spot on the Buffy spin-off, Angel, reprising
her role of Willow in a few episodes (including most notably "Orpheus",
during the fourth season of Angel and the seventh season of Buffy), but
none after Buffy finished production.
In early 2004, Hannigan made her West End debut, starring in a stage
adaptation of When Harry Met Sally... at the Theatre Royal Haymarket,
opposite Luke Perry.
In 2005, Hannigan returned to starring in a regular television series,
appearing in the hit comedy, How I Met Your Mother, as Lily, and also
playing a recurring guest role on Veronica Mars as Trina Echolls.
In February 2006, Hannigan starred as Julia Jones in Date Movie, a parody
of romantic comedies. Alyson also was a guest star on the ABC animated
sitcom The Goode Family in 2009.
Alyson joined forces with Emily Deschanel, Jaime King, Minka Kelly, and
Katharine McPhee in a video slumber party featured on FunnyorDie.com to
promote regular breast cancer screenings for the organization Stand Up 2
Cancer. |
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Alyson Hannigan - Personal Quotes |
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"It was great for a change to
share a week's work, rather than being on different projects. With
the hours Alexis and I spend on set, you can tend to pass like ships
in the night. Weekends, however, are great because we can share
precious time together. But when we're at home, I promise you, we
certainly don't talk about vampires or suck each other's blood for
tea" [On playing the season 4, episode 15, role of "Willow" as a
crossover on "Angel" (1999) June 4, 2003].
[On her role as the witch "Willow", crossing over from "Buffy the
Vampire Slayer" (1997) to act in the episode "Orpheus" on the series
"Angel" (1999), where her fiancé, Alexis Denisof, is a regular:] "I
finally get to spend a day with my honey, so that's really nervous
coming in. I had butterflies in my stomach. I don't know why I was
so nervous -- maybe because I don't know how to pronounce half the
lines I have to say today. They're in some made-up language".
"It's like walking around a history book. You have all these
beautiful buildings that were built before 1980." - on London |
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Alyson Hannigan - Filmography |
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"How I Met Your Mother" ....
Lily Aldrin / ... (102 episodes, 2005-2010)
... aka H.I.M.Y.M (USA: short title)
- Perfect Week (2010) TV episode .... Lily Aldrin
- Jenkins (2010) TV episode .... Lily Aldrin
- Girls Vs. Suits (2010) TV episode .... Lily Aldrin
- Last Cigarette Ever (2009) TV episode .... Lily Aldrin
- The Window (2009) TV episode .... Lily Aldrin
(97 more)
"The Goode Family" .... Michelle (1 episode, 2009)
- Graffiti in Greenville (2009) TV episode (voice) .... Michelle
Date Movie (2006) .... Julia Jones
Farce of the Penguins (2006) (V) (voice) .... Hottie Penguin
"Veronica Mars" .... Trina Echolls (3 episodes, 2005)
- My Mother, the Fiend (2005) TV episode .... Trina Echolls
- Hot Dogs (2005) TV episode .... Trina Echolls
- Ruskie Business (2005) TV episode .... Trina Echolls
In the Game (2005) (TV)
"King of the Hill" .... Stacey Gibson (1 episode, 2004)
- Talking Shop (2004) TV episode (voice) .... Stacey Gibson
"That '70s Show" .... Suzy Simpson (2 episodes, 2004)
- Won't Get Fooled Again (2004) TV episode .... Suzy Simpson
- Sally Simpson (2004) TV episode .... Suzy Simpson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series (2004) (TV) (voice)
.... Willow Rosenberg
Americana (2004) (TV) .... Andrea
American Wedding (2003) .... Michelle Flaherty
... aka American Pie: The Wedding (Australia) (Europe: English
title) (Singapore: English title) (South Africa: English title) (UK)
... aka American Pie - Jetzt wird geheiratet (Germany)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" .... Willow Rosenberg (144 episodes,
1997-2003)
... aka BtVS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Buffy (USA: short title)
... aka Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Series (USA: long title)
- Chosen (2003) TV episode .... Willow Rosenberg
- End of Days (2003) TV episode .... Willow Rosenberg
- Touched (2003) TV episode .... Willow Rosenberg
- Empty Places (2003) TV episode .... Willow Rosenberg
- Dirty Girls (2003) TV episode .... Willow Rosenberg
(139 more)
"Angel" .... Willow Rosenberg (3 episodes, 2001-2003)
... aka Angel: The Series (USA: long title)
- Orpheus (2003) TV episode .... Willow Rosenberg
- There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb (2001) TV episode .... Willow
Rosenberg
- Disharmony (2001) TV episode .... Willow Rosenberg
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Willow Rosenberg
Beyond the City Limits (2001) .... Lexi
... aka Rip It Off (USA: video title)
... aka Rip Off (UK: DVD title)
American Pie 2 (2001) .... Michelle Flaherty
Boys and Girls (2000) .... Betty
"The Wild Thornberrys" .... Gerda (1 episode, 2000)
- Every Little Bit Alps (2000) TV episode (voice) .... Gerda
"100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd" .... Gigi (2 episodes, 1999-2000)
- Return of Gigi (2000) TV episode (voice) .... Gigi
- All Howls Eve (1999) TV episode (voice) .... Gigi
American Pie (1999) .... Michelle Flaherty
Hayley Wagner, Star (1999) (TV) .... Jenna Jakes
Dead Man on Campus (1998) .... Lucy
For My Daughter's Honor (1996) (TV) .... Kelly
... aka Indecent Seduction
"Picket Fences" .... Peggy Patterson (1 episode, 1996)
- To Forgive Is Devine (1996) TV episode .... Peggy Patterson
A Case for Life (1996) (TV) .... Iris
The Stranger Beside Me (1995) (TV) .... Dana
"Touched by an Angel" .... Cassie Peters (1 episode, 1994)
- Cassie's Choice (1994) TV episode .... Cassie Peters
"Almost Home" .... Samantha (2 episodes, 1993)
... aka The Torkelsons: Almost Home
- Hot Ticket (1993) TV episode .... Samantha
- The Dance (1993) TV episode .... Samantha
Switched at Birth (1991) (TV) .... Gina Twigg, Age 13-16
"Roseanne" .... Jan (1 episode, 1990)
- Like, a New Job (1990) TV episode .... Jan
"Free Spirit" .... Jessie Harper (14 episodes, 1989-1990)
- Love and Death (1990) TV episode .... Jessie Harper
- Blast from the Past (1990) TV episode .... Jessie Harper
- We Gotta Be Me (1990) TV episode .... Jessie Harper
- Radio Nights (1989) TV episode .... Jessie Harper
- The New Secretary (1989) TV episode .... Jessie Harper
(9 more)
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) .... Jessie Mills
Impure Thoughts (1986) (as Allison Hannigan) .... Patty Stubbs |
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