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Birth name
Alyson Lee Hannigan
Date of birth (location)
24 March 1974,
Washington D.C., USA
Beyond City Limits (2001)
American Pie 2 (2001) Michele Flaherty
Boys and Girls (2000) Betty
Hayley Wagner, Star (1999) Jenna Jakes
Spotlight on Location: American Pie (1999)
American Pie (1999) Michelle Flaherty
Dead Man on Campus (1998) Lucy
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) Willow Rosenberg
Case for Life, A (1996) Iris
For My Daughter's Honor (1996) Kelly
Stranger Beside Me, The (1995) Dana
Switched at Birth (1991) Gina Twigg
"Free Spirit" (1989) Jessie Harper
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) Jessie Mills
Notable TV guest appearances
"Celebrity Adventures" (2001) playing "Herself" in episode: "Papua New Guinea" (episode # 1.3) 10/1/2001
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999) playing "Herself" 10/1/2001
"Big Breakfast, The" (1992) playing "Herself" 9/5/2001
"Angel" (1999/I) playing "Willow Rosenberg"(uncredited) in episode: "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" (episode # 2.22) 5/22/2001
"Angel" (1999/I) playing "Willow Rosenberg" in episode: "Disharmony" (episode # 2.17) 4/17/2001
"TFI Friday" (1996) playing "Herself"(episode # 176) 6/16/2000
"Wild Thornberrys, The" (1998) playing "Gerda"(voice) in episode: "Every Little Bit Alps" (episode # 2.36) 3/27/2000
"100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd" (1999) playing "Gigi"(voice) in episode: "Dog Day Out" (episode # 1.4) 11/6/1999
"Donny & Marie" (1998) playing "Herself" 2/2/1999
"Big Breakfast, The" (1999) playing "Herself" 1999
"Picket Fences" (1992) playing "Peggy Patterson" in episode: "To Forgive Is Divine" (episode # 4.21) 6/19/1996
"Touched by an Angel" (1994) playing "Cassie Peters" in episode: "Cassie's Choice" (episode # 1.5) 10/26/1994
"Almost Home" (1993) playing "Samantha" in episode: "Hot Ticket" (episode # 1.12) 6/5/1993
"Almost Home" (1993) playing "Samantha" in episode: "Dance, The" (episode # 1.10) 4/17/1993
"George" (1993)
"Roseanne" (1988) playing "Becky's friend #2" in episode: "Like, A New Job" (episode # 3.4) 10/9/1990
Biography for
Alyson Hannigan
Nickname
Allycat
Height
5' 6"
Mini biography
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.
Trivia
Graduated from North Hollywood High School in 1992.
Was a clarinet player in junior high school.
Played soccer until she got an injury in her early teens.
Alyson's parents divorced when she was 2. Her mother is a real estate agent in Atlanta, Georgia, and her father is a truck driver in Missouri.
The producers of "American Pie" originally wanted her to play the role of Heather, but she wanted to play the role of Michelle because she thought it was funnier.
Has a tattoo of tribal dolphins on her ankle, and a japanese kanji, for luck and happiness, on her back.
Dated the drummer of Marilyn Manson's band.
Alyson broke up with Ginger Fish of Marilyn Manson and is currently dating fellow "Buffy" star Alexis Denisof.
(May 2000) 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.
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