Alison Brie

Alison Brie
Brie in July 2013
Born Alison Brie Schermerhorn
(1982-12-29) December 29, 1982
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater California Institute of the Arts
Occupation
  • Actress
  • producer
  • model
Years active 2004–present
Spouse(s)
Dave Franco (m. 2017)

Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress, producer, and model.

Brie is best known for her starring role as Annie Edison in the comedy series Community (2009–2015) and Trudy Campbell in the drama series Mad Men (2007–2015). She also voices Diane Nguyen on the animated series BoJack Horseman (2014–present) and portrays Ruth Wilder in the comedy series GLOW (2017–present), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.

In addition to her television work, Brie has starred in films such as Scream 4 (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), The Lego Movie (2014), Get Hard (2015), Sleeping with Other People (2015), How to Be Single (2016), The Little Hours (2017), The Disaster Artist (2017), and The Post (2017).

Early life

Alison Brie Schermerhorn was born on December 29, 1982, in Hollywood, California.[1][2] Her father, Charles Terry Schermerhorn, is a musician and freelance entertainment reporter.[3][4] Her mother, Joanne Brenner, works at Para los Niños ("For the Children"), a non-profit childcare agency.[5] She has an older sister named Lauren.[3][4] Brie's mother is Jewish,[6][7][8][9] while her father has Dutch, English, and Scottish ancestry. While being raised by her divorced parents, she occasionally attended a "Christian–Hindu hybrid church" called the Self-Realization Fellowship with her father. However, her mother "would always make sure we knew we were Jewish".[6][10][11]

Brie began acting onstage at the Jewish Community Center in Southern California.[4][12] She graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a bachelor's degree in theater in 2005.[13] She studied for a time at Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.[4][14] She later worked as a clown at birthday parties and performed in theater in California.[15]

Career

Brie at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival.

One of Brie's first television roles was as Nina, a novice hairdresser, on Hannah Montana. She went on to star in the web series My Alibi and was chosen for the role of Trudy Campbell in Mad Men. From 2009 to 2015, she portrayed Annie Edison on the NBC (and later Yahoo! Screen) sitcom Community.

In April 2010, Brie co-hosted an episode of Attack of the Show![16] and appeared in a short segment on Web Soup.[17] She appeared in the 2010 film Montana Amazon.[18] Brie made Maxim magazine's 2010 Hot 100 list at number 99[19] and appeared at number 49 in their 2011 list.[20] She was voted the 57th sexiest woman in the world by FHM readers in 2013.[21] She was also voted the 2nd most desirable woman in the world by Askmen readers in 2014.[22]

Brie starred in several major film roles, including Sidney Prescott's assistant in the 2011 horror film Scream 4,[23] and appeared in the 2012 comedy film The Five-Year Engagement. She voiced Princess Unikitty in The Lego Movie (2014), and voiced a character in an episode of the long-running adult animation series American Dad!, which aired during their 8th season.[24][25] In 2015, she starred with Jason Sudeikis in Leslye Headland's romantic comedy film Sleeping with Other People and played Will Ferrell's character's fiancée in Get Hard.[26] In 2016, Brie starred as Lucy in the romantic comedy film How to Be Single. In 2017, Brie co-starred in several films, including the historical comedy The Little Hours, the biographical comedy-drama The Disaster Artist, and the historical drama The Post.

In June 2014, Brie joined the cast of the Netflix series BoJack Horseman, which debuted on August 22. Over the first two seasons, she has voiced a variety of characters, including main character Diane Nguyen and recurring character Vincent Adultman.[27][28] Brie also appeared on Lip Sync Battle and won against Will Arnett.[29]

Brie stars in the Netflix original comedy series GLOW, inspired by the 1980s female professional wrestling league Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling;[30] the series began streaming on June 23, 2017. Brie noted that since appearing in GLOW and receiving critical praise for the role, she has become more focused on taking meaningful roles.[31]

Personal life

Brie began dating actor Dave Franco in 2012 after meeting him at a 2011 Mardi Gras party in New Orleans.[32] On August 25, 2015, it was reported the two were engaged.[32][33] They married on March 13, 2017.[34]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Stolen Poem Alice Short film
2007 Dickie Smalls: From Shame to Fame Mya
Born Mary Elizabeth Martino
2008 Parasomnia Darcy
The Coverup Grace
Buddy 'n' Andy Michelle Short film
Salvation, Texas Lisa Salter
2009 Us One Night Alyson
2010 The Home Front Hannah
Raspberry Magic Ms. Bradlee
Montana Amazon Ella Dunderhead
2011 Scream 4 Rebecca Walters
2012 Save the Date Beth
The Five-Year Engagement Suzie Barnes-Eilhauer
2013 The Kings of Summer Heather Toy
2014 The Lego Movie Princess Unikitty (voice)
Search Party Elizabeth
2015 Sleeping with Other People Lainey Dalton
Get Hard Alissa Barrow
No Stranger Than Love Lucy Sherrington
2016 How to Be Single Lucy
Joshy Rachel
Get a Job Tanya Sellers
A Family Man Lynn Vogel
2017 The Little Hours Sister Alessandra
The Disaster Artist Amber
The Post Lally Weymouth
2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Princess Unikitty (voice) Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Hannah Montana Nina Episode: "It's My Party and I'll Lie if I Want To"
2007–2015 Mad Men Trudy Campbell Recurring role, 36 episodes
2008 The Deadliest Lesson Amber Television film
2009–2015 Community Annie Edison Main role, 110 episodes
2011 Robot Chicken Martha Stewart / Vampire Lifeguard Voice role; episode: "The Godfather of the Bride 2"
2012 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Joanie Episode: "Sabbath-tage"
American Dad! Lindsay Voice role; episode: "Adventures in Hayleysitting"
2013 High School USA! Miss Temple Voice role; episode: "Choices"
Axe Cop Beautiful Girly Bobs Voice role; episode: "The Dumb List"
2014 Comedy Bang! Bang! Herself Episode: "Alison Brie Wears a Black Mesh Top & Mini-Skirt"
2014–present BoJack Horseman Diane Nguyen / Various Characters Voice role; 59 episodes
2015 Lip Sync Battle Herself Episode: "Alison Brie vs. Will Arnett"
2016 Teachers Lauren Lark Episode: "Pilot"; also executive producer
2016 Doctor Thorne Martha Dunstable 3 episodes
2017 Dr. Ken Herself Episode: "Ken's Big Audition"
2017–present GLOW Ruth Wilder Main role, 20 episodes

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2008–2009 My Alibi Rebecca Fuller 18 episodes
2009 Hot Sluts Amber[35] 5 episodes
2012 Sketchy Meg Episode: "You Got Retweeted"
2013 The ArScheerio Paul Show Madonna Episode: "Madonna & Rosie O'Donnell"

Video games

Year Title Role
2015 Lego Dimensions Princess Unikitty
2016 Marvel Avengers Academy Black Widow[36]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Mad Men Won
2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Community Nominated
2018 Best Actress in a Comedy Series GLOW Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Pending
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated [37][38][39][40]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Brie, Alison (May 8, 2013). "Episode 386 - Alison Brie". WTFPod.com (Interview). Interviewed by Marc Maron. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Robertson, Josh (February 26, 2013). "25 Things You Didn't Know About Alison Brie". Complex. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Schermerhorn, Brandenstein Wed In Summer Ceremony". HeraldChronicle.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Kozlowski, Carl (August 1, 2009). "A Shooting star Alison Brie is one of the busiest young actresses in Hollywood..." Pasadena Weekly. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ Staff Reports Archived April 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., California Municipal Finance Authority
  6. 1 2 Banin, Jana (May 9, 2013). "Alison Brie on her very Jewish mother". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ Fragoso, Sam (January 27, 2017). "At Sundance, Alison Brie Steers the Conversation Back to Nudity". Vogue magazine. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ Morrow, Brendan (June 23, 2017). "Alison Brie's Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  9. ↑ Aftab, Kaleem (December 28, 2015). "Alison Brie on 'Sleeping with Other People', 'Mad Men', and being a very serious actress". The Independent. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  10. ↑ "DP/30 Emmywatch: Community/Mad Men, actor Alison Brie". Emmywatch.
  11. ↑ "Alison Brie and Donald Glover of 'Community'". PopMatters.com. November 17, 2009. Archived from the original on November 20, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
  12. ↑ Andelman, Bob (November 12, 2009). "From Mad Men's Trudy to Community's Annie, actor Alison Brie is a hit". True/Slant. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
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  15. ↑ Price, Erik (September 11, 2009). "Alison Brie: Funny Joke from a Beautiful Woman". Esquire. Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
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  18. ↑ Bartyzel, Monika (April 7, 2008). "Casting Bites, Part Two: Some Brie and Strik". Cinematical. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
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  20. ↑ "2011 Hot 100". Maxim. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
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  22. ↑ "Emilia Clarke Voted Most Desirable Woman". Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  23. ↑ Miska, Brad (July 1, 2010). "'Community' Chick and 'Donnie Darko' Mom Join 'Scream' Mystery". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Kim Kardashian 'American Dad'; Reality Star to Play Alien on Comedy". Variety. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  25. ↑ Hibberd, James. "Kim Kardashian to play alien on 'American Dad'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  26. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (March 17, 2014). "'Community's Alison Brie Joins Will Ferrell-Kevin Hart Comedy 'Get Hard'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  27. ↑ Knight, James. "'Mad Men' Alison Brie New Netflix Show Bojack with 'Breaking Bad' Aaron Paul After 'Community' Cancellation [TRAILER]". Classicalite.com. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  28. ↑ Strecker, Erin (April 6, 2014). "'BoJack Horseman': New Netflix comedy features voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, more". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
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  32. 1 2 Malkin, Marc (August 24, 2015). "Exclusive! Alison Brie and Dave Franco Engaged—See the Ring Now". E! Online. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
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  36. ↑ Goldman, Eric (February 4, 2016). "Marvel Avengers Academy Launches with an All-Star Cast". IGN. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  37. ↑ Smith, Nigel (January 8, 2018). "First-Time Winner Rachel Brosnahan Pauses Globes Acceptance Speech for a Good Reason: 'Hi, Oprah!'". People. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  38. ↑ Plaugic, Lizzie (January 8, 2018). "Rachel Brosnahan wins 2018's Best Actress Golden Globe for Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". The Verge. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
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