Alyson Hannigan: Summary

Recent Role:: Michelle on The Goode Family

Gender:: Female

Birthday:: 3-24-1974

Birthplace:: Washington DC

Birth Name:: Allison Lee Hannigan

AKA:: Allison Hannigan

Alyson was born in Washington, DC in 1974. Her parents divorced in 1976 when she was only 2, and by 1978 (at the tender age of 4) she was living in Atlanta and working in commercials for Oreos, McDonalds, and Six Flags Amusement Parks.

In 1985 she moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles and began to pursue her acting career in earnest. She was casted in many movies but none of them gained her fame, until she audioned for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Although the part for Willow had already been casted, everyone was so impressed by Alyson's audition, that they gave her the part. She worked on the series for seven seasons.

Her work on the big screen includes such hits as �My Stepmother is an Alien� (1988) and the successful �American Pie� trilogy (1999-2003). She is proud of the success that the "American Pie" movies have found, and she is now widely known for being the "Band Camp Girl."

She and �Buffy� co-star Alexis Denisof were married in October of 2003. She can currently be seen on the televion show "How I Met Your Mother." Alyson was born in Washington, DC in 1974. Her parents divorced in 1976 when she was only 2, and by 1978 (at the tender age of 4) she was living in Atlanta and working in commercials for Oreos, McDonalds, and Six Flags Amusement Parks.

In 1985 she moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles and began to pursue her acting career in earnest. She was casted in many movies but none...

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witchcraftheart
member since: Apr 16, 2009
Alyson Hannigan is very beautiful actress in the world! even the most beautiful girl who exists on Earth�so beautiful that I can only thought without one second! I am very happy for his new Satyana daughter with her Alexis husband who is very lucky� ...Continue »
Alyson Hannigan is the very beautiful actress in the world! even the most beautiful girl who exists on Earth�so beautiful that I can only thought without one second! I am very happy for his new Satyana daughter with her Alexis husband who is very lucky�

I hope for the productors create another history to make it soon there return in character the Powerful Witch - Willow Rosenberg � in the movies or the new serie spin-off.... or still the serie Buffy season 9...

and i hope for qu' it would return for the fifth year of How I met Your Mother
04/20/09 10:04am | report abuse
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skysofly4
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great actress with a good sense of humor anda hot red head. ...Continue »
great actress with a good sense of humor. she was brilliant as Willow in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I liked how her character grew into something more than just a friend of Buffy. She played the nerd and went on to play a really good role as one of the sexy lesbians i think that is a role that got here noticed. looking back now there is only one person to play Willow character and she was great at it. she is the crazy Michelle from "American Pie" trilogy with the catchphrase "This one time, at the band camp...", freaking love this movie. she is hilarious Lily from "How I Met Your Mother" love that show to. She needs to get here own show
01/30/09 01:13pm | report abuse
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sequel90210
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it's just impossible not to love Aly! ...Continue »
well, for sure the first thing that comes in mind: she was brilliant as Willow in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" -- she made me smile or cry in almost every her scene, and the way she portrayed her character... it's hard to believe that we could have some other Willow!

but Willow is not the only reason to love Alyson Hannigan: she is the cutie kid from "My Stepmother is an Alien", she is the crazy Michelle from "American Pie" thrilogy with the catchphrase "This one time, at the band camp...", she is hilarious Lily from "How I Met Your Mother", and she's so much more -- nice, cute, awesome person.

sometimes you feel like you know her but then she surprises you with smth and you start admire her even more, though you think "more" is impossible! few days ago I watched "Beyond the City Limits" -- and the character Aly played there was SOOO not her. and I liked it SOOO much (even though the movie didn't impress me). I wish we had the opportunity to see her on screen more often.
08/26/08 05:13am | report abuse
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addict666
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A great actress. ...Continue »
I love Alyson Hannigan because of the depth and innocence that she continues to provide to all the character's she plays. She was amazing as Willow on Buffy and she really developed that character over the years and gave her dimensions and complexities past the simple shy nerd she had to play. When she went evil she was amazing as a bad character and she should be given the chance to do bad more often. She was also really good in the "American Pie" series which gave her a chance to show how good she is at comedy which she continues to do as Lily in How I Meet you mother. She is a really good comedic actress who brings life to her characters. And you've got to love a redhead.
07/08/08 06:48pm | report abuse
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SMGslayer97
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, American Pie, How I Met Your Mother. ...Continue »
Over the years I have seen Alyson in many things. Her latest role on how I met your mother is very suited to the progression of her career, now that's she in her thirties you can see that she's taking more grown up roles even though How I Met Your Mother is still a comedy (in my opinion her niche, she's a subtle comedian but a good one). Her quirky odd ball role in the quirky odd ball American Pie movies was an absolute hoot. They were really the movies that showed even though Alyson was a great dramatic actor from her years on Btvs she just fit well with the comedic stuff. Though obviously she has to this day remained very well known for her work as shy nerdy wicca Willow on Btvs, that's the role of hers I tend to favorite because Btvs is one of my all time favorite shows but if you watch her over the seven seasons you can see that she's got a great talent to back up every role she takes.
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