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Alyson, born in Washington DC, began her acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos. She is a seasoned television actress veteran, guest starring in Picket Fences, Roseanne, Touched by an Angel and the The Torkelsons before starring in her most notorious role yet in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as "Willow Rosenberg"... See full bio »

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Alyson Lee Hannigan
in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Hide HideActress (40 titles)
2005-2013 How I Met Your Mother (TV series)
Lily Aldrin / Jasmine
– Episode #9.1 (2013) … Lily Aldrin
– Something New (2013) … Lily Aldrin
– Something Old (2013) … Lily Aldrin
– The Bro Mitzvah (2013) … Lily Aldrin
– Romeward Bound (2013) … Lily Aldrin
See all 185 episodes »
 
2011-2013 American Dad! (TV series)
Chelsea
– Finger Lenting Good (2013) (voice)
– Virtual In-Stanity (2011) … Chelsea (voice)
 
2012 American Reunion
Michelle
 
2011 Love, Wedding, Marriage
Courtney
 
2011 Robot Chicken (TV series)
– Big Trouble in Little Clerks 2 (2011) (voice)
 
2011 The Simpsons (TV series)
Melody Juniper
– Flaming Moe (2011) … Melody Juniper (voice)
 
2009 Tit for Tat (TV series)
Alyson
 
2009 The Goode Family (TV series)
Michelle
– Graffiti in Greenville (2009) … Michelle (voice)
 
2006 Date Movie
Julia Jones
 
2006 Farce of the Penguins
Hottie Penguin (voice)
 
2005 Veronica Mars (TV series)
Trina Echolls
– My Mother, the Fiend (2005) … Trina Echolls
– Hot Dogs (2005) … Trina Echolls
– Ruskie Business (2005) … Trina Echolls
 
2004 King of the Hill (TV series)
Stacey Gibson
– Talking Shop (2004) … Stacey Gibson (voice)
 
2004 That '70s Show (TV series)
Suzy Simpson
– Won't Get Fooled Again (2004) … Suzy Simpson
– Sally Simpson (2004) … Suzy Simpson
 
2004 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series (TV movie)
Willow Rosenberg (voice)
 
2004 Americana (TV movie)
Andrea
 
2004 In the Game (TV movie)
 
2003 American Wedding
Michelle Flaherty
 
1997-2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)
Willow Rosenberg
– Chosen (2003) … Willow Rosenberg
– End of Days (2003) … Willow Rosenberg
– Touched (2003) … Willow Rosenberg
– Empty Places (2003) … Willow Rosenberg
– Dirty Girls (2003) … Willow Rosenberg
See all 144 episodes »
 
2001-2003 Angel (TV series)
Willow Rosenberg
– Orpheus (2003) … Willow Rosenberg
– There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb (2001) … Willow Rosenberg
– Disharmony (2001) … Willow Rosenberg
 
2003 Rugrats (TV series)
Young Starlet
– Clown Around/The Baby Rewards (2003) … Young Starlet (voice)
 
2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Video Game)
Willow Rosenberg (voice)
 
2001 Beyond the City Limits
Lexi
 
2001 American Pie 2
Michelle Flaherty
 
2000 Boys and Girls
Betty
 
2000 The Wild Thornberrys (TV series)
Gerda
– Every Little Bit Alps (2000) … Gerda (voice)
 
1999-2000 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (TV series)
Gigi
– Return of Gigi (2000) … Gigi (voice)
– All Howls Eve (1999) … Gigi (voice)
 
1999 Hayley Wagner, Star (TV movie)
Jenna Jakes
 
1999 American Pie
Michelle Flaherty
 
1998 Dead Man on Campus
Lucy
 
1996 For My Daughter's Honor (TV movie)
Kelly
 
1996 Picket Fences (TV series)
Peggy Patterson
– To Forgive Is Devine (1996) … Peggy Patterson
 
1996 A Case for Life (TV movie)
Iris
 
1995 The Stranger Beside Me (TV movie)
Dana
 
1994 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Cassie Peters
– Cassie's Choice (1994) … Cassie Peters
 
1993 Almost Home (TV series)
Samantha
– Hot Ticket (1993) … Samantha
– The Dance (1993) … Samantha
 
1991 Switched at Birth (TV movie)
Gina Twigg, Age 13-16
 
1990 Roseanne (TV series)
Jan
– Like, a New Job (1990) … Jan
 
1989-1990 Free Spirit (TV series)
Jessie Harper
– Love and Death (1990) … Jessie Harper
– Blast from the Past (1990) … Jessie Harper
– We Gotta Be Me (1990) … Jessie Harper
– Radio Nights (1989) … Jessie Harper
– The New Secretary (1989) … Jessie Harper
See all 14 episodes »
 
1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien
Jessie Mills
 
1986 Impure Thoughts
Patty Stubbs (as Allison Hannigan)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2010 How I Met Your Mother (TV series)
– Girls Vs. Suits (2010) (performer: "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" - uncredited)
 
2001 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)
– Once More, with Feeling (2001) (performer: "I've Got A Theory", "Bunnies", "If We're Together", "Walk Through The Fire")
 
Show ShowSelf (62 titles)
2008-2013 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 May 2013 (2013) … Herself
– Episode dated 16 May 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2012-2013 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #1.938 (2013) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #1.941 (2013) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #1.642 (2012) … Herself - Guest
 
2009-2013 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 8 May 2013 (2013) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #17.16 (2009) … Herself
 
2005-2012 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 November 2012 (2012) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 November 2010 (2010) … Herself
– Episode dated 23 October 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 January 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 20 February 2006 (2006) … Herself
See all 6 episodes »
 
2012 Chelsea Lately (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #6.142 (2012) … Herself - Guest
 
2012 IC Places Hollywood (TV series)
Herself - Interviewee
– American Zombie Reunion (2012) … Herself - Interviewee
 
2012 Rachael Ray (TV series)
Herself
– Easter Cooking Tips (2012) … Herself
 
2012 Attack of the Show! (TV series)
Herself
– Stan Lee & Morgan Spurlock (2012) … Herself (uncredited)
 
2012 The 38th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2012 People's Choice Awards 2012 (TV movie)
Herself
 
2010 Stand Up to Cancer (TV special)
Herself
 
2008-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 January 2010 (2010) … Herself
– Episode dated 21 September 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode #29.1 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 6 February 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 December 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2010 The 36th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2009 Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
2009 CBS Fall Preview (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
2008 The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 September 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
1999-2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Herself
– Steve Carell/Alyson Hannigan/Duffy (2008) … Herself
– Episode dated 13 May 2008 (2008) … Herself
– Episode dated 10 September 2007 (2007) … Herself
– Episode dated 22 November 2006 (2006) … Herself
– Episode dated 3 October 2002 (2002) … Herself
See all 7 episodes »
 
2005-2008 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.243 (2008) … Herself
– Episode #2.90 (2006) … Herself
– Episode #2.5 (2005) … Herself
 
2005-2008 CBS Cares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2008 (2008) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2007 (2007) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2006 (2006) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2007 The 49th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2007 The 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 The Megan Mullally Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.50 (2006) … Herself
 
2005-2006 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 April 2006 (2006) … Herself
– Episode dated 28 February 2006 (2006) … Herself
– Episode dated 11 October 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2006 MADtv (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Film Preview (2006) … Herself - Guest
 
2005 I Love the 80's 3-D (TV series documentary)
Herself
– 1984 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 The View (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 September 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2004 The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
2004 'Buffy': Season 7 Overview (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2004 'Buffy': Season 6 Overview (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2004 T4 (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 29 February 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2004 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 February 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2004 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 February 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2004 Style Star (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Sarah Michelle Gellar (2004) … Herself
 
2003 Comedy Central Presents: The Commies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Talking to Animals (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #1.7 (2003) … Herself
 
2003 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #11.133 (2003) … Herself
 
2003 Pepsi Smash (TV series documentary)
Host
– Episode #1.3 (2003) … Host
 
2003 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Herself
– Alyson Hannigan (2003) … Herself
 
2003 2003 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2001-2003 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 May 2003 (2003) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 October 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Television with a Bite (2003) … Herself
 
2002 The Teen Choice Awards 2002 (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
2002 VH-1 Behind the Movie (TV series documentary)
Herself
– American Pie (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Herself / Willow Rosenberg
– Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002) … Herself / Willow Rosenberg
 
2002 Good Times with Cast and Crew of 'American Pie 2' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2001 Celebrity Adventures (TV series)
Herself
– Papua New Guinea (2001) … Herself
 
2000-2001 The Big Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 September 2001 (2001) … Herself
– Episode dated 13 June 2000 (2000) … Herself
 
2001 Howard Stern (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 August 2001 (2001) … Herself
– Episode dated 23 August 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2001 2001 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2001 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2001 Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (video documentary)
Herself
 
2000 2000 MTV Movie Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Presenter
 
2000 TFI Friday (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 June 2000 (2000) … Herself
 
2000 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 June 2000 (2000) … Herself
 
1999 Gomorron (TV series)
Herself
– Om filmen 'American Pie' (1999) … Herself
 
1999 The Teen Choice Awards 1999 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1999 Donny & Marie (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 February 1999 (1999) … Herself
 
1999 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '99 (TV special)
Herself
 
1999 Spotlight on Location: American Pie (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
1999 1999 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1998 MTV Presents: Videos That Don't Suck (TV special)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
 
2011 Visionado obligado (TV series)
 
2010 Great TV Mistakes (TV documentary)
Willow Rosenberg (uncredited)
 
2007 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 'Angel': Season One (video documentary short)
Willow Rosenberg (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Allison Hannigan

Height:

5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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[on her role as the witch "Willow", crossing over from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to act in the episode Orpheus on the series Angel, where her fiancé, Alexis Denisof, is a regular:] "I finally get to spend a day with my honey, so that's really nervous coming in. I had butterflies in my stomach. I don't know why I was so nervous... See more »

Trivia:

She (along with actresses Tangi Miller and Holly Marie Combs) is a spokesperson for breast cancer, and will appear in a new four page brochure (to be featured in Vogue, Glamour, Self, Mademoiselle, and Women's Sports and Fitness) to raise awareness about the disease. [May 2000] See more »

Trademark:

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Nickname:

Allycat See more »

Star Sign:

Aries