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Alison Pill has established herself as
an intelligent, level headed, talented
actress. With a repertoire that rivals
most actresses twice her age, her
unforgettable performances have
garnered praise from critics nationwide.
The Hollywood Reporter called
her “simply spectacular” in her role as
the grief-stricken child of Farrah
Fawcett and Keith Carradine in Baby.
Her roles in Life With Judy Garland: Me
and My Shadows, opposite Judy Davis,
and Midwives, with Sissy Spacek, have
garnered acclaim from Entertainment
Weekly, The New York Times, The Los
Angeles Times and many others.
Alison began performing at the age of
3, and soon established herself as a
multi-talented performer. Her voice
made “angels weep uncontrollably in
heaven” (Variety) when she sang her way
into our hearts in Song for the Season
alongside Naomi Judd. She played an
autistic girl in The Last Don II, was
blind in Louis Braille, and portrayed a
violin prodigy in The Life Before This,
which received critical acclaim at both
the Toronto International Film Festival
and the Berlin International Film
Festival.
In November of 2000, Alison was awarded
the Best Young Actress Award for her
work in The Dinosaur Hunter at the
Burbank Festival. She has also
received Golden Sheaf and Young Artist
Award nominations for her portrayal of
a young dancer in Degas and the Dancer.
Her numerous television films include
Lifetime’s Plain Truth, with Mariska
Hargitay, and An Unexpected Love; Fast
Food High for CTV, The Pilot’s Wife for
CBS, Showtime’s What Girls Learn, with
Scott Bakula and Elizabeth Perkins, and
the Disney Channel’s The Other Me, as
well as What Katy Did, Locked in
Silence and Dear America: A Journey to
the New World. Alison has also lent
her voice to the animated series
Redwall, Anatole and Braceface.
Feature film work includes the 2003
Sundance favorite Pieces of April
(United Artists), Perfect Pie (Rhombus
Media) (Toronto Film Festival 2002),
the Disney comedy Confessions of a
Teenage Drama Queen, and Dear Wendy,
which premiered at Sundance and has
recently been picked up for
distribution.
Alison made her New York theatre debut
in 2003 in None of the Above. She
followed it up with The Distance From
Here, written by Neil LaBute, for which
she won the 2004 Drama Desk Award for
Outstanding Ensemble Performance. She
is nominated for the Lucille Lortel
Award for Outstanding Feature Actress
for her role in Christopher Shinn’s On
The Mountain, directed by Jo Bonney.
Alison also participated in the 2004
Sundance Filmmaker’s Lab where she work-
shopped Paper Man.
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