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Alison Pill

Acting · Born 1985-11-27 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Alison Pill is a Canadian actress and a former child actress. Pill began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came with the television series The Book of Daniel (2006). That same year, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006). Pill had prominent roles in the films Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), Plain Truth (2004), Milk (2008), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Vice (2018), the television series In Treatment (2009), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), The Newsroom (2012–2014), American Horror Story: Cult (2017), Star Trek: Picard (2020–2022), Devs (2020), and Them (2021).

Known for

Filmography

2025Eric LaRueLisa Graff
2025RoboGoboFarmer Faye (voice)
2024Young WertherCharlotte
2024TrapRachel
2023Scott Pilgrim Takes OffKim Pine (voice)
2023Hello Tomorrow!Myrtle Mayburn
2022The Same StormBridget Salt
2022All My Puny SorrowsYolandi Von Riesen
2021ThemBetty Wendell
2020Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water CrisisSelf - Kim Pine / Vegan Police
2020The LineJennifer
2020DevsKatie
2020Star Trek: PicardDr. Agnes Jurati
2019The Most Magnificent Thing(voice)
2019The Ready RoomSelf
2018ViceMary Cheney
2018The Emperor's Newest ClothesThomasina
2018Ideal HomeMelissa
2017Goon: Last of the EnforcersEva
2016Miss SloaneJane Molloy
2016Cover UpEmma
2016ZoomEmma
2016Woman in DeepBirdie
2016The FamilyWilla Warren
2016Hail, Caesar!Mrs. Mannix
2014CootiesLucy
2014Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and FriendsAlison
2013SnowpiercerTeacher
2012Santa Baby
2012DeniseDenise
2012The NewsroomMargaret Jordan
2012To Rome with LoveLillian
2012GoonEva
2011American Horror StoryIvy Mayfair-Richards
2011Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011Midnight in ParisZelda Fitzgerald
2010The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'Self
2010I'm Still HereThanks
2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldKim Pine
2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the AnimationKim Pine (voice)
2010The Pillars of the EarthMaud
2010Goldstar, OhioKendra Harper
2009ArcherAlessia (voice)
2009One Way to ValhallaDale
2008MilkAnne Kronenberg
2008In TreatmentApril
2007Dan in Real LifeJane
2006The Book of DanielGrace Webster
2005Dear WendySusan
2004Plain TruthKatie Fitch
2004A Separate PeaceBeth
2004Confessions of a Teenage Drama QueenElla
2003Pieces of AprilBeth Burns
2003An Unexpected LoveSamantha Mayer
2003Fast Food HighEmma Redding
2002Perfect PieMarie at 15
2002The Pilot's WifeMattie Lyons
2001What Girls LearnTilden
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentLisa Ramsey
2001MidwivesConstance 'Connie' Danforth
2001Life with Judy Garland: Me and My ShadowsYoung Lorna Luft
2000BabyLarkin Malone
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationKelsey Murphy
2000The Other MeAllana Browning
2000The Dinosaur HunterJulia Creath
2000Skipped PartsChuckette Morris
2000Redwall: The MovieCornflower(voice)
1999A Holiday RomanceFern
1999Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded FangShapiro / Marfa
1999The Life Before ThisJessica
1999RedwallCornflower (voice)
1999Dear AmericaRemember Patience "Mem" Whipple
1999God's New PlanSamantha Hutton
1999What Katy DidKaty Carr
1999Locked in SilenceLacey
1999DifferentSally
1998Stranger in TownHetty
1998AnatolePaulette
1998Degas and the DancerMarie von Goetham
1997The New Ghostwriter MysteriesLucy Minelli
1997Fast TrackAlexa Stokes
1996Psi Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalSophie Schulman
1996Poltergeist: The LegacyPaige
—Uncle Vanya 2025
—The Murder of JonBenét RamseyDet. Linda Arndt
—Rabbit, Rabbit

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