Alison Pill

Alison Pill Biography

Alison Courtney Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian actress. A former child actress, Pill began her career at age twelve, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came in the television series The Book of Daniel (2006). She is best known for her roles in the films Milk (2008), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Midnight in Paris (2011) and the television series In Treatment (2009), The Pillars of the Earth (2010) and The Newsroom (2012"present).

Early Life

Pill was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father, a financier, is Estonian.

Pill attended Vaughan Road Academy, where she enrolled in the program "Interact", designed for students interested in dance, music, athletics and theatre.

Career

In 2006, she starred as Grace Webster in the short-lived NBC drama The Book of Daniel, and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Pill had a major supporting role as campaign manager Anne Kronenberg in the Oscar-winning 2008 film Milk.

She portrayed Empress Maud in the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth.

She appears in Aaron Sorkin's HBO series The Newsroom as Maggie Jordan, and will appear in Snowpiercer, with Chris Evans and Jamie Bell, to be released in 2013.

Personal life

Pill was engaged to actor Jay Baruchel from 2010 to 2013. Baruchel made their engagement public when he thanked his fiancée (Pill) during an acceptance speech at the Genie Awards in Ottawa, Canada. Baruchel alluded to their breakup in a Twitter posting on February 16, 2013.

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Camp Out Party	Friend #2
1998	Degas & the Dancer	Marie van Goethem	TV movie
1998	Stranger in Town	Hetty	TV movie
1999	Locked in Silence	Lacey	TV movie
1999	God's New Plan	Samantha Hutton	TV movie
1999	Different	Sally	TV movie
1999	The Life Before This	Jessica
1999	Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang	Shapiro/Marfa
1999	A Holiday Romance	Fern	TV movie
2000	Redwall: The Movie	Cornflower (Voice role)	TV movie
2000	Skipped Parts	Chuckette Morris
2000	The Dinosaur Hunter	Julia Creath	TV movie
2000	The Other Me	Allana Browning	TV movie
2000	Baby	Larkin Malone	TV movie
2001	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows	Young Lorna Luft	TV movie
2001	Midwives	Constance 'Connie' Danforth	TV movie
2001	What Girls Learn	Tilden	TV movie
2002	A.W.O.L.	Patient	Short film
2002	The Pilot's Wife	Mattie Lyons	TV movie
2002	Perfect Pie	Marie (age 15)
2003	Pieces of April	Beth Burns
2003	Fast Food High	Emma Redding
2003	An Unexpected Love	Samantha Mayer	TV movie
2004	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Ella Gerard
2004	The Crypt Club	Liesl	Short film
2004	Dear Wendy	Susan
2004	What Katy Did	Katy Carr	TV movie
2004	A Separate Place	Beth	TV movie
2004	Plain Truth	Katie Fisher	TV movie
2007	Dan in Real Life	Jane Burns
2008	Milk	Anne Kronenberg
2009	The Awakening of Abigail Harris	Abigail Harris	Short film
2009	One Way to Valhalla	Dale
2010	Goldstar, Ohio	Kendra Harper	Short film
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Kim Pine	Nominated"?Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
2011	Midnight in Paris	Zelda Fitzgerald
2011	Goon	Eva
2012	To Rome with Love	Hayley
2012	Denise	Denise	Short film
2013	Snowpiercer	Teacher	Post-production
2014	Cooties	Lucy	Filming

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The New Ghostwriter Mysteries	Lucy	Episode: "Moving Parts"
1998	Fast Track	Alexa Stokes	Episode: "Real Time"
1998	Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal	Sophie Schulman	Episode: "The Night of the Setting Sun"
1998	The Last Don II	Bethany	TV mini-series
1998	Anatole	Paulette (Voice role)	5 Episodes
1999	Redwall	Cornflower (Voice role)
1999	Dear America: A Journey to the New World	Remember Patience Whipple/Mem	TV short
1999	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Paige	Episode: "Forget Me Not"
2000	Traders	Andrea Exter	Episode: "Hawks"
2006	The Book of Daniel	Grace Webster	Main role
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Lisa Ramsey	Episode: "Wrongful Life"
2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kelsey Murphy	Episode: "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda"
2009	In Treatment	April	Main role (second season)
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation	Kim Pine (Voice role)	TV short
2010	The Pillars of the Earth	Princess Maude	Main role
2012"present	The Newsroom	Maggie Jordan	Main role

Theatre
Year	Title	Role	Venue
2003	None of the Above	Jamie	Ohio Theatre
2004	The Distance From Here	Jenn	MCC Theater
2005	On The Mountain	Jaime	Playwrights Horizons
2006	The Lieutenant of Inishmore	Mairead	Lyceum Theatre
2007	Blackbird	Una	Manhattan Theater Club
2007	Mauritius	Jackie	Biltmore Theatre
2008	reasons to be pretty	Steph	Lyceum Theatre
2010	The Miracle Worker	Annie Sullivan	Circle in the Square Theatre
2010	This Wide Night	Marie	Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
2011	The House of Blue Leaves	Corrinna Stroller	Walter Kerr Theatre

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