Alison Brie Biography

Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982), known by her stage name Alison Brie, is an American actress. She is known for portraying Annie Edison on the NBC sitcom Community and Trudy Campbell on the AMC drama Mad Men. She has also starred in movies, including the 2011 slasher film Scream 4 and the 2012 comedy The Five-Year Engagement.

Early life

Brie was born in Hollywood, California. Her mother, Joanne (née Brenner), works at a non-profit child care agency called Para los Niños ("For the Children"), and her father, Charles Terry Schermerhorn, is a musician and freelance entertainment reporter. Her mother is Jewish and her father has Dutch, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Brie has stated that, while being raised by her divorced parents, she occasionally attended her father's "Christian-Hindu hybrid church", while her mother "would always make sure we knew we were Jewish". Brie began her career acting onstage at the Jewish Community Center in Southern California. She graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a bachelor's in theater in 2005. Prior to becoming a television actress, Brie had worked as a clown at birthday parties, and performed in theater in California.

For a time, Brie studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

Career

One of Brie's first television roles was the minor character Nina, a novice hairdresser, on Hannah Montana. She then went on to star in the web series My Alibi, and was chosen for the role of Trudy Campbell in Mad Men. She is also a main cast member on Community as Annie Edison.

On April 15, 2010, Brie co-hosted G4's Attack of the Show!. Brie has also appeared for a short segment on the G4 show, Web Soup. She had a role in the 2010 film Montana Amazon.

Brie made Maxim's 2010 Hot 100 list at number 99 and Maxim's 2011 Hot 100 list at number 49. She was also voted the 56th sexiest woman in the world by FHM readers in 2013.

Brie has had several major movie roles. She starred in the 2011 horror film Scream 4, as Sidney Prescott's assistant. She appeared alongside Jason Segel, Emily Blunt and Chris Pratt in The Five-Year Engagement, which was released April 27, 2012.

She has a voice acting role in The Lego Movie, which is scheduled for release for spring 2014. On September 24, 2013, Variety and Entertainment Weekly reported that Brie will guest voice-star in the long-running adult animated series American Dad!, the episode slated to air as part of the show's 10th season (2013"14).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Stolen Poem	Alice	Short film
2007	Dickie Smalls: From Shame to Fame	Mya
2007	Not Another High School Show	Muffy	Television film
2007	Born	Mary Elizabeth
2008	Salvation, Texas	Lisa Salter	Short film
2008	Parasomnia	Darcy
2008	'	Grace
2008	'	Amber	Television film
2008	Buddy 'n' Andy	Michelle	Short film
2009	Us One Night	Alyson	Short film
2010	'	Hannah	Video short
2010	Raspberry Magic	Ms. Bradlee
2010	Montana Amazon	Ella
2011	Scream 4	Rebecca Walters
2012	Save the Date	Beth
2012	'	Suzie Barnes-Eilhauer
2012	House Husbands	Mom #1	Television film
2012	Misadventures of the Dunderheads	Ella
2013	'	Heather Toy
2014	Get a Job	Tanya	Completed
2014	'	Mermaid (voice)	Post-production
2014	Search Party	Elizabeth	Post-production
TBA	No Stranger Than Love	Lucy Sherrington	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"present	Mad Men	Trudy Campbell	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2009)
2009"present	Community	Annie Edison	Main cast Nominated"?Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Supporting Actress (2012)
2011	Robot Chicken	Martha Stewart, vampire lifeguard (voice)	Episode: "The Godfather of the Bride 2"
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Joanie	Episode: "Sabbath-tage"
2012	American Dad!	Lindsay (voice)	Episode: "Adventures in Hayleysitting"
2013	American Dad!	Guest voice starring role	Season 10 episode

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	My Alibi	Rebecca Fuller	Main cast; 14 episodes
2009	Hot Sluts	Amber	Main cast
2011	CollegeHumor Originals	Annie Edison	Episode: "Save Greendale"
2012	Sketchy	Meg	Episode: "You Got Retweeted"
2013	'	Madonna	Episode: "Madonna & Rosie O'Donnell"