Alison Brie

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Alison Brie
20120713 Alison Brie @ Comic-con cropped.jpg
Brie at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2012
Born Alison Brie Schermerhorn
(1982-12-29) December 29, 1982 (age 30)
Hollywood, California, USA
Residence South Pasadena, California, USA
Years active 2004–present

Alison Brie (born December 29, 1982)[1] is an American actress best known for portraying Annie Edison on Community and Trudy Campbell on Mad Men. She has also starred in the 2011 slasher film Scream 4 and the 2012 comedy The Five-Year Engagement.

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Early life [edit]

Brie was born Alison Brie Schermerhorn in Hollywood, California. Her mother, Joanne (née Brenner), works at the non-profit child care agency called Para los Niños (for the children), and her father, Charles Terry Schermerhorn, is a musician and freelance entertainment reporter.[2][3] Her mother is Jewish and her father has Dutch, Scottish, and Irish ancestry; she has stated that, while being raised by her divorced parents, she occasionally attended her father's "Christian-Hindu hybrid church", while her mother "would always make sure we knew we were Jewish".[4][5][6] Brie began her career acting onstage at the Jewish Community Center in Southern California.[7] She graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a bachelor's in theater in 2005.[8] Prior to becoming a television actress, Brie had worked as a clown at birthday parties, and performed in theater in California.[9]

For a time, Brie studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.[10]

Career [edit]

One of Brie's first television roles was the minor character Nina, a novice hairdresser, on Hannah Montana. She then went on to star in the web series My Alibi, and was chosen for the role of Trudy Campbell in Mad Men. She is also a main cast member on Community as Annie Edison.

On April 15, 2010, Brie co-hosted G4's Attack of the Show!.[11] Brie has also appeared for a short segment on the G4 show, Web Soup.[12] She had a role in the 2010 film Montana Amazon.[13] She made Maxim's 2010 Hot 100 list at number 99[14] and Maxim's 2011 Hot 100 list at number 49.[15]

She had a role in the horror film Scream 4, as Sidney Prescott's assistant, Rebecca Walters. The film was released on April 15, 2011.[16] She appeared alongside Jason Segel and Emily Blunt in The Five-Year Engagement, which was released April 27, 2012.

Filmography [edit]

Brie in Los Angeles, June 23, 2009
Film
Year Title Role
2007 Born Mary Elizabeth
2007 Dickie Smalls: From Shame to Fame Mya
2008 Parasomnia Darcy
2008 Coverup, TheThe Coverup Grace
2010 Raspberry Magic Ms. Bradlee
2011 Montana Amazon Ella
2011 Scream 4 Rebecca Walters
2012 Save the Date Beth
2012 Five-Year Engagement, TheThe Five-Year Engagement Suzie Barnes[17]
2012 Misadventures of the Dunderheads Ella
2013 The Kings of Summer Heather Toy
2014 The Lego Movie TBA
2014 Search Party
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Hannah Montana Nina Episode "It's My Party and I'll Lie If I Want To"
2007 Not Another High School Show Muffy TV film
2007–present Mad Men Trudy Campbell
2008 Deadliest Lesson, TheThe Deadliest Lesson Amber TV film
2008 My Alibi Rebecca Fuller 14 episodes
2009 House Husbands Mom #1 TV film[18]
2009 Hot Sluts Amber 5 episodes[19]
2009–present Community Annie Edison Main Cast
Nominated - Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Supporting Actress
2010 Robot Chicken Martha Stewart / Vampire lifeguard (voice) Episode "The Godfather of the Bride 2"
2012 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Joanie Episode "Sabbath-tage"
Shorts
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Stolen Poem Alice
2008 Buddy 'n' Andy Michelle
2009 Us One Night Alyson
2010 Home Front, TheThe Home Front Hannah Video short
2010 Committee Ep 1: Bad Dog, TheThe Committee Ep 1: Bad Dog Video short
2008 Salvation, Texas Lisa Salter
2012 Shit People Don't Say in LA

References [edit]

  1. ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California
  2. ^ "A Shooting star Alison Brie is one of the busiest young actresses in Hollywood..." August 1, 2009, Pasadena Weekly
  3. ^ "Schermerhorn, Brandenstein Wed In Summer Ceremony"
  4. ^ "DP/30 Emmywatch: Community/Mad Men, actor Alison Brie". Emmywatch. 
  5. ^ "Alison Brie and Donald Glover of ‘Community’". PopMatters. 2009-11-17. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
  6. ^ http://www.jta.org/2013/05/09/arts-entertainment/alison-brie-talks-jewish-mother-drama-on-wtf-with-marc-maron
  7. ^ Andelman, Bob (2009-11-12). "From Mad Men’s Trudy to Community’s Annie, actor Alison Brie is a hit". True/Slant. Retrieved 2009-11-18. 
  8. ^ Lipp, Deborah (2008-10-12). "Exclusive Alison Brie Interview, part 1". Basket of Kisses. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  9. ^ Price, Erik (2009-09-11). "Alison Brie: Funny Joke from a Beautiful Woman". Esquire. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  10. ^ "Alison Brie on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson". 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
  11. ^ "Alison Brie on Attack of the Show [2011-04-14]". YouTube. Retrieved 7 May 2013. 
  12. ^ "Web Soup: Alison Brie Laughs at Dead People". Bing. Retrieved 7 May 2013. 
  13. ^ Bartyzel, Monika (2008-04-07). "Casting Bites, Part Two: Some Brie and Strik". Cinematical. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  14. ^ "2010 Hot 100". Maxim. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-26. 
  15. ^ "2011 Hot 100". Maxim. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-03. 
  16. ^ MrDisgusting (July 1, 2010). "'Community' Chick and 'Donnie Darko' Mom Join 'Scream' Mystery". Bloody-Disgusting LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Suzie (Character)". Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  18. ^ House Husbands at the Internet Movie Database
  19. ^ "Alison Brie falls in with the wrongest crowd possible". Comedy Central. 

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