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Most Recent Role: Lily Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother
Alias Name(s): Allison Hannigan
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Washington DC
Birthday: 3-24-1974
Birth Name: Allison Lee Hannigan
Alyson HanniganMore Photos 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...

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How I Met Your Mother
Do I Know You?
Monday 22 September 2008 on CBS

Stella has to give Ted an answer. Barney wants to say something to Robin.

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Alyson was Bob Saget's baby's babysitter in her teens, once went on vacation to Hawaii with his family. Two decades later they co-starred together in How I Met Your Mother. (edit)
Alyson was invited to join the cast of the TV show In The Game (2005), but begged off, citing creative differences. She was supposed to play the best friend of the character played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, but according to a Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service interview reported January 25, 2005, she was unhappy with the diminished, trivialized role they presented her with. Alyson chose to walk away from the offer. (edit)
Alyson and Alexis Denisof own a mansion in Sacramento, California. (edit)
Alyson is Godmother of Joss Whedon's son Arden. Her husband Alexis Denisof is his Godfather. (edit)
Alyson won Teen Choice Award in nomination Choice TV Sidekick and Saturn Award in nomination Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series for "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" in 2003. (edit)

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(about action figure of Willow)
Alyson: Oh look, they gave me boobs! (edit)
(about ending Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Alyson: We've known for a while even though nothing has been said. I think everybody is pretty much feeling it was a good run and it's time to go. (edit)
Alyson: Cat in the Hat is fine, but not during sex. (edit)
(Alyson on being presumed dead)
Alyson: There was a rumor that I was dead. I happened to be off work that day and I had a beeper and the batteries had died so I was just shopping and looking round book stores. People were frantically trying to get in touch with me and people were calling hospitals and the news, people were calling my agent trying to see if it was true, and I got home and my voice mail was filled with people going, "Call me if you're ok" - and I was completely oblivious. (edit)
(Alyson on filming an Angel episode with husband Alexis Denisof.)
Alyson: 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. (edit)

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Buffy the Animated Series
Voice of Willow Rosenberg
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Willow Rosenberg
Free Spirit
Jessie Harper
How I Met Your Mother
Lily
Recurring Role
I Love the ‘80s: 3D
Herself
Guest Star
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
Dog Day Out
Gigi (Voice)
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
All Howls Eve
Gigi (voice)
Angel
Orpheus
Willow Rosenberg
Angel
Disharmony
Willow Rosenberg
Angel
There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb
Willow Rosenberg
Biography
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Herself
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10.0
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"Personal favorite"
it's just impossible not to love Aly!
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9.8
Superb
"Talented"
A great actress.
Continue » Posted Jul 8, 2008 6:48 pm PST
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Great
"Charming"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, American Pie, How I Met Your Mother.
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10.0
Perfect
"The more-talented co-star"
Fantastic actress, with cute red hair.
Continue » Posted Jul 27, 2007 10:21 am PST

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9.6
Superb
"Talented"
Alyson Hannigan is a geeky and funny actress.
Continue » Posted Jul 24, 2007 2:14 am PST
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