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Brie at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con
Born
Alison Brie Schermerhorn

(1982-12-29) December 29, 1982 (age 41)
Alma mater California Institute of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • writer
  • producer
Years active 2004–present
Known for Community
Mad Men
BoJack Horseman
GLOW
Spouse(s)
(m. 2017)
Relatives James Franco (brother-in-law)
Tom Franco (brother-in-law)

Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982), known professionally as Alison Brie, is an American actress, writer, and producer. Her breakthrough came with the role of Trudy Campbell in the drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), which won her a Screen Actors Guild Award. She gained recognition for her role as Annie Edison in the sitcom Community (2009–2015) and voicing Diane Nguyen in the animated comedy series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020). For playing Ruth Wilder in the comedy-drama series GLOW (2017–2019), she received nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards.

In addition to her television work, Brie has starred in films such as Scream 4 (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), The Lego Movie (2014), How to Be Single (2016), The Post (2017), The Little Hours (2017), Promising Young Woman (2020), and Happiest Season (2020). She also wrote, produced, and starred in the films Horse Girl (2020), Spin Me Round (2022), and Somebody I Used to Know (2023).

Early life

Alison Brie Schermerhorn was born on December 29, 1982, in Hollywood, California. Her father, Charles Terry Schermerhorn, is a musician and freelance entertainment reporter. Her mother, Joanne Brenner, works at Para los Niños ("For the Children"), a non-profit childcare agency. She has an older sister named Lauren. Brie's mother is Jewish. Her father was raised Catholic, and has Dutch, English, and Scottish ancestry. While being raised by her divorced parents, she occasionally attended a "ChristianHindu hybrid church" called the Self-Realization Fellowship with her father. Brie graduated from South Pasadena High School in 2001. The summer between high school and college, she worked as a clown at children's birthday parties.

Brie graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a bachelor's degree in theater in 2005. Her studies included a year at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

Career

Brie began acting onstage at the Jewish Community Center in Southern California. Her first television role came in 2006, as Nina, a novice hairdresser, on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana. She received further recognition as Trudy Campbell in the AMC period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), which won her the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. She went on to star in the web series My Alibi, which aired from 2008 to 2009.

From 2009 to 2015, Brie portrayed Annie Edison on the NBC/Yahoo! View sitcom Community, for which she earned acclaim. She was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and won an Entertainment Weekly Award from two nominations. In April 2010, Brie co-hosted an episode of Attack of the Show! (and again in March 2011) and appeared in a segment on Web Soup. She appeared in the 2010 comedy film Montana Amazon.

Brie starred in several major film roles, including as Rebecca Walters, Sidney Prescott's assistant, in the slasher horror film Scream 4 (2011), and Suzie Barnes in the romantic comedy film The Five-Year Engagement (2012). She voiced Princess Unikitty in the animated comedy film The Lego Movie (2014), and voiced a character in an episode of the animated series American Dad!, which aired during their eighth season.

In June 2014, Brie joined the cast of the Netflix series BoJack Horseman, which debuted on August 22. She has since voiced a variety of characters, including main character Diane Nguyen and recurring character Vincent Adultman. Brie appeared on Lip Sync Battle and won against Will Arnett with performances of "Shoop" by Salt-N-Pepa and "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj.

In 2015, she played Will Ferrell's character's fiancée in the comedy film Get Hard. In 2016, Brie starred as Lucy in the romantic comedy film How to Be Single and portrayed Martha Dunstable in Julian Fellowes' adaptation of Anthony Trollope's Dr. Thorne for television.

In 2017, she co-starred in several films, including the historical comedy The Little Hours, the biographical comedy-drama The Disaster Artist, and the historical drama The Post. From 2017 to 2019, Brie starred as Ruth Wilder in the Netflix comedy-drama series GLOW, which was inspired by the 1980s female professional wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Brie noted that since appearing in GLOW and receiving critical praise for the role, she has become more focused on taking meaningful roles. For her performance, she earned multiple nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.

In 2018, she co-starred in the music video for Beck's "Colors". In 2019, she reprised her voice role as Princess Unikitty in the animated comedy sequel film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and provided an English dub for the Japanese animated romantic fantasy film Weathering with You.

In 2020, Brie starred in the acclaimed drama thriller film Promising Young Woman, directed by Emerald Fennell. Also that year, she wrote, produced and starred as Sarah in the Netflix drama film Horse Girl, which was directed by Jeff Baena. Brie then starred opposite Dan Stevens in the horror film The Rental, which was directed by her husband Dave Franco. Brie played Sloane in the romantic comedy film Happiest Season, directed by Clea DuVall. In 2021, she starred as a celebrity guest voice in the fifth season of the animated sitcom Rick and Morty.

In 2022, Alison Brie starred in and co-wrote the dark comedy film Spin Me Round along with frequent collaborator and director Jeff Baena. The film released in select theatres by IFC Films and on AMC+ for streaming. In 2022, Alison Brie also starred in an episode of the Apple TV+ anthology TV series ROAR titled "The Woman Who Solved Her Own Murder". The series is based on the eponymous book by Cecelia Ahern.

In 2022, it was also announced Brie would be reprising her role as Annie in a Community film.

In 2023, Brie wrote and starred in the romantic comedy film Somebody I Used to Know with her husband Dave Franco who also co-wrote and directed the film. It released on Amazon Prime Video on February 10th and became the number one film on the platform both in the USA and worldwide. In 2023, Alison Brie also voiced the character of Aftershock in the Disney Channel animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.

In February 2023, it was revealed that Alison Brie had been cast in Peacock's limited TV series adaptation of the Liane Moriarty novel Apples Never Fall alongside Jake Lacy, Annette Bening, and Sam Neill.

Personal life

Brie began dating Dave Franco in 2012 after meeting him at a 2011 Mardi Gras party in New Orleans. On August 25, 2015, it was reported the two were engaged. They married on March 13, 2017. In an interview with Larry King in 2017, she said that she did not want to have children.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Stolen Poem Alice Short film
2007 Born Mary Elizabeth Martino
Dickie Smalls: From Shame to Fame Mya
2008 Parasomnia Darcy
Coverup, TheThe Coverup Grace
Buddy 'n' Andy Michelle Short film
Salvation, Texas Lisa Salter
2009 Us One Night Alyson
2010 Home Front, TheThe Home Front Hannah
Raspberry Magic Ms. Bradlee
2011 Scream 4 Rebecca Walters
2012 Save the Date Beth
The Five-Year Engagement Suzie Barnes-Eilhauer
Montana Amazon Ella Dunderhead
2013 Kings of Summer, TheThe Kings of Summer Heather Toy
2014 The Lego Movie Princess Unikitty Voice
Harmontown Herself Documentary film
Search Party Elizabeth
Lennon or McCartney Herself Documentary short film
2015 Get Hard Alissa Barrow
No Stranger Than Love Lucy Sherrington
2016 Joshy Rachel
How to Be Single Lucy
Get a Job Tanya Sellers
A Family Man Lynn Vogel
2017 The Post Lally Weymouth
The Little Hours Sister Alessandra
The Disaster Artist Amber
2018 Emmet's Holiday Party Princess Unikitty Voice, short film
2019 Weathering with You Natsumi Suga Voice, English dub
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Princess Unikitty Voice
2020 Promising Young Woman Madison McPhee
Horse Girl Sarah Also writer and producer
The Rental Michelle
Happiest Season Sloane Caldwell
2022 Spin Me Round Amber Also writer and producer
2023 Somebody I Used to Know Ally Also writer and executive producer
Freelance Claire Wellington Post-production

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 Unsold pilot
2007–2015 Mad Men Trudy Campbell Recurring role
2008 The Deadliest Lesson Amber Television film
2009–2015 Community Annie Edison Main role
2011 Robot Chicken Martha Stewart / Vampire Lifeguard Voice, episode: "The Godfather of the Bride 2"
2012 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Joanie Episode: "Sabbath-tage"
American Dad! Lindsay Voice, episode: "Adventures in Hayleysitting"
2013 High School USA! Miss Temple Voice, episode: "Choices"
Axe Cop Beautiful Girly Bobs Voice, episode: "The Dumb List"
2014 Comedy Bang! Bang! Herself Episode: "Alison Brie Wears a Black Mesh Top & Mini-Skirt"
2014–2020 BoJack Horseman Diane Nguyen / Various voices Voice, main role
2016 Teachers Lauren Lark Episode: "Pilot"; also executive producer
Doctor Thorne Martha Dunstable Main role
2017 Dr. Ken Herself Episode: "Ken's Big Audition"
2017–2019 GLOW Ruth Wilder Main role; also directed episode: "Hollywood Homecoming"
2020 Make It Work! Herself Television special
Marvel's 616 N/A Directed episode: "Spotlight"
2021 Rick and Morty Planetina Voice, episode: "A Rickconvenient Mort"
Star Wars: Visions Am Voice, episode: "The Twins"; English dub
2022 Roar Becky Episode: "The Woman Who Solved Her Own Murder"
2023 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Aftershock / Ms. Dillon Voice, episode: "Moon Girl Landing"
TBA Apples Never Fall Amy Delaney Filming

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2008–2009 My Alibi Rebecca Fuller Main role
2012 Sketchy Meg Episode: "You Got Retweeted"
2013 ArScheerio Paul Show, TheThe ArScheerio Paul Show Madonna Episode: "Madonna & Rosie O'Donnell"
2020 The Cast of Community Reunites for Table Read Annie Edison Online Fundraiser

Video games

Year Title Voice role Ref.
2015 Lego Dimensions Princess Unikitty
2016 Marvel Avengers Academy Black Widow

Music videos

Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2018 "Colors" Beck Herself

Theme park attractions

Year Title Voice role Ref.
2016 The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure Princess Unikitty

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Mad Men Won
2011 Entertainment Weekly Awards Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Community Nominated
2012 Entertainment Weekly Awards Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
2014 Streamy Awards Best Ensemble Cast The ArScheerio Paul Show Nominated
2015 Newport Beach Film Festival Awards Outstanding Achievement in Acting No Stranger Than Love Won
2017 Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV Production BoJack Horseman Nominated
2018 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Actress in a Comedy Series GLOW Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2019 Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy GLOW Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2020 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Actress in a Comedy Series GLOW Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated

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