Alison Brie

Alison Brie
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Name:
Alison Brie
Real name:
Alison Brie Schermerhorn
Who is:
Birth date:
(42 y.o.)
Place of birth:
Los Angeles
Height:
5'3 ft ()
Weight:
110 lb (50 kg)
Relationship:
married on Dave Franco
Birth Sign:
(characteristic)
Chinese zodiac:
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Alison Brie's Biography

Alison Brie (full name Alison Brie Schermerhorn) is an American actress best known for her roles in the series Community (2009) and Mad Men (2007). In feature films, she mostly plays secondary roles.
Actress Alison Brie
Actress Alison Brie

Early Years

Alison Brie was born on December 29, 1982, in Los Angeles. Early in her acting career, she dropped the second part of her surname, Schermerhorn. Her mother is Jewish and her father is of European descent. The couple has another daughter, Lauren. They divorced but raised the children together. Her parents didn't follow any specific cultural or religious traditions in raising their children. However, the family did observe many Jewish holidays.
Alison Brie as a child
Alison Brie as a child
Alison started performing on stage while she was still at school. One of her early roles was Toto, the dog from The Wizard of Oz. After graduating from high school in Pasadena, Brie enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama studies in 2005. As a student, Alison performed in small local theater productions and at children's parties.
Young Alison Brie
Young Alison Brie

Acting Career

Alison's film career began with small episodic roles where she often went uncredited. Her breakthrough came in 2007 when she landed the recurring role of Trudy Campbell in Mad Men. The series follows the lives and work at a Madison Avenue advertising agency in the 1960s. The cast, led by Jon Hamm and Christina Hendricks, received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series; Mad Men became a viewer favorite and ran for seven seasons.
Alison Brie in the Mad Men series
Alison Brie in the Mad Men series
In 2009, Brie landed one of the lead roles in the comedy series Community alongside Donald Glover, Joel McHale, and Gillian Jacobs. Showrunner Dan Harmon fought to keep this experimental comedy on the air. Despite cast changes, firings, and a network switch, fan devotion kept the series alive for six seasons.
Alison Brie on the set of Community
Alison Brie on the set of Community
Meanwhile, Alison's film career struggled to gain traction. Her film projects either flopped at the box office or received harsh criticism, and her roles were typically small. These projects included Born (2007), The Deadliest Lesson (2008), Save the Date (2012), and others.
Alison Brie's figure
Alison Brie's figure
Eventually, things turned around. Alison continued appearing in teen comedies, but higher-quality ones. These included movies such as The Five-Year Engagement (2012), The Kings of Summer (2013), Search Party (2014), Get Hard (2014), and Sleeping with Other People (2015), all of which reached wider audiences.
Alison Brie in the movie Sleeping with Other People
Brie also provided voice work for the animated series BoJack Horseman (2014) and The Lego Movie (2014). She played in Steven Spielberg's The Post (2017) as well, starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.

Alison Brie's Personal Life

Alison Brie has been in a relationship with the actor Dave Franco since 2013. The couple secretly got married in 2017. In the same year, her brother-in-law James Franco released the movie The Disaster Artist where Brie starred.
Alison Brie and Dave Franco
Alison Brie and Dave Franco

Alison Brie Now

Through 2019, the actress starred in the hit series GLOW, which proved successful across the board. In the series, she plays actress Ruth, who's so desperate for work that she joins a wrestling show. Alison's co-star in the series is Betty Gilpin. Meanwhile, promotion for the new season was in full swing, with Brie making appearances on shows hosted by Stephen Colbert, Andy Cohen, and other major TV personalities.
Alison Brie in the series GLOW
Alison Brie in the series GLOW
In 2020, the thriller "Promising Young Woman" premiered, with Alison playing one of the lead roles. The actress also played the role of Michelle in the horror film "The Rental", which was released in the same year.
In 2021, she voiced one of the characters in the "Star Wars: Visions" anime series

Alison Brie: latest news and articles

  • «The Post» with Alison Brie is an interesting film, there is still such a cast just a cannon!
    2021-04-11 20:39:23
  • Alison Brie`s figure is certainly awesome. I want to see her in serious acting work. I think she would have been able to play some bitchy business lady.
    2021-03-30 12:41:12
  • Cool series «Community» about the student community. Funny, lightweight. Bree did a great job there!
    2021-03-29 17:36:34
  • She certainly shone in Mad Men, but I haven`t seen Alison in other films and TV shows.
    2021-02-18 15:40:04
  • It is a pity that this actress starred in secondary roles mostly. I would like to see her in the title role
    2021-01-22 08:04:43
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