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- Alison has twice played a character with the surname Burns- once in Dan in Real Life (Jane Burns), and once in Pieces of April (Beth Burns).
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- Besides her work in TV series, Alison also worked as an actress in the following movies: - Dan in Real Life (2007) as Jane Burns (as of Mar 07 this movie is completed) - One Way to Valhalla (2007) as Dale (as of Mar 07 this movie is completed) - Dear Wendy (2005) as Susan - Plain Truth (2004 - TV movie) as Katie Fitch - A Separate Peace (2004 - TV movie) as Beth - The Crypt Club (2004) as Liesl - Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) as Ella - An Unexpected Love (2003 - TV movie) as Samantha Mayer - Fast Food High (2003) as Emma Redding - Pieces of April (2003) as Beth Burns - Perfect Pie (2002) as Marie at the age of 15 - The Pilot's Wife (2002 - TV movie) as Mattie Lyons - What Girls Learn (2001 - TV movie) as Tilden - Midwives (2001 - TV movie) as Constance 'Connie' Danforth - Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001 - TV movie) as Young Lorna Luft - Baby (2000 - TV movie) as Larkin Malone - The Other Me (2000 - TV movie) as Allana Browning - The Dinosaur Hunter (2000 - TV movie) as Julia - Skipped Parts (2000) as Chuckette Morris - Redwall: The Movie (2000 - TV movie) as Cornflower - A Holiday Romance (1999 - TV movie) as Fern - Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999) as Shapiro/Marfa - The Life Before This (1999) as Jessica - Different (1999 - TV movie) as Sally - God's New Plan (1999 - TV movie) as Samantha Hutton - What Katy Did (1999 - TV movie) as Katy Carr - Locked in Silence (1999 - TV movie) as Lacey - Dear America: A Journey to the New World (1999 - TV movie) as Remember Patience Whipple/Mem - Stranger in Town (1998 - TV movie) as Hetty - Degas and the Dancer (1998 - TV movie) as Marie von Goetham - You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Camping Party (1998) as Friend #2
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- Alison studied dance in the National Ballet School and was part of the Toronto's Children's Chorus.
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- In 2000, Alison was nominated and won the Burbank International Children's Film Festival Film Award for Best Child Actress Performance for her part in the 2000 TV movie The Dinosaur Hunter.
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- She goes by the nicknames of Ali and Al.
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- In 2000, Alison was nominated for the Young Artist Award in the category Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Supporting Young Actress for her part as Marie von Goetham in the 1998 TV movie Degas and the Dancer.
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- Alison is a big fan of the band Coldplay.
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- In the 2004 movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Alison plays Ella. When auditing for the director, in the first audition she was turned down as the director had a more androgynous appearance for the character of Ella. She auditioned a second time, after taking some picture of herself as a boy, and finally got the part.
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- She knows and is good friend with the Lorna Luft. She played her, in the 2001, in the TV movie Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (where she plays a Young Lorna Luft).
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- In the movie Pieces of April (2003), she had the opportunity to work with her favourite actress, Patricia Clarkson.
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- She received a 2006 Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Tony Award nomination for her role in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore. This was her Broadway debut.
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- Alison is 5' 6.5" (1.69 m).
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- (about her perseverance to get a part in a movie of Lars von Trier) Alison: I remember thinking, 'I'm not giving up that easily'.
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- (about about learning to handling a gun for a Lars von Trier movie) Alison: It was a religious experience to pick up a gun. I'd never understood the attraction before. But when you're shooting, it's almost sexual. There's an automatic physical change.
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- (about her nomination for a Tony) Alison: That was quite a nice wake-up call. I really wasn't expecting it at all. To come down here from Toronto and be so warmly welcomed by the people of New York is absolutely amazing.
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- (about her auditions) Alison: For every part I get, there are probably three that I don't get. There is no real reason to get discouraged if you enjoy it enough, and if you remind yourself not to take it personally. It can be a challenge to avoid getting upset, but there is absolutely nothing you can do. There are often moments when I feel it's necessary to yell and cry over losing a role, but there's always something else around the corner... I've gotten to a point where I forget completely about an audition after it's over (or at least I try to), and I move on as if I know I didn't get it. It may sound like a defeatist attitude, but it's important for the survival of your sanity as an actor.
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- Alison: When I meet people I'm not usually freaked out. I guess the first big name I worked with was Sissy Spacek and that was really interesting just because she's so incredible and I learned so much from just watching her. But she's also so unassuming that I loved working with her. It wasn't like working with a star, it was Sissy. Not a big deal.
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