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Alison Pill

Actor

Alison Pill

Born November 27, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada57 films

Alison Pill is a Canadian actress and a former child actress. Pill began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came with the television series The Book of Daniel (2006). That same year, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006). Pill had prominent roles in the films Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), Plain Truth (2004), Milk (2008), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Vice (2018), the television series In Treatment (2009), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), The Newsroom (2012–2014), American Horror Story: Cult (2017), Star Trek: Picard (2020–2022), Devs (2020), and Them (2021).

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Midnight in Paris posterFirst watchMidnight in Paris20117.5as Zelda FitzgeraldWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.View film

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World poster7.5Scott Pilgrim vs. the World2010Snowpiercer poster6.9Snowpiercer2013Vice poster7.0Vice2018Miss Sloane poster7.4Miss Sloane2016Milk poster7.2Milk2008Trap poster6.2Trap2024Hail, Caesar! poster5.9Hail, Caesar!2016Dan in Real Life poster6.6Dan in Real Life2007

Filmography

57 films as actor
  1. TBADedicated to Morris Burke
  2. 2025Eric LaRueLisa Graff
  3. 2024Young WertherCharlotte
  4. 2024TrapRachel
  5. 2022The Same StormBridget Salt
  6. 2022All My Puny SorrowsYolandi Von Riesen
  7. 2020The LineJennifer
  8. 2019The Most Magnificent Thing(voice)
  9. 2018ViceMary Cheney
  10. 2018The Emperor's Newest ClothesThomasina
  11. 2018Ideal HomeMelissa
  12. 2017Goon: Last of the EnforcersEva
  13. 2016Miss SloaneJane Molloy
  14. 2016Cover UpEmma
  15. 2016ZoomEmma
  16. 2016Woman in DeepBirdie
  17. 2016Hail, Caesar!Mrs. Mannix
  18. 2014CootiesLucy
  19. 2014Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and FriendsAlison
  20. 2013SnowpiercerTeacher
  21. 2012Santa Baby
  22. 2012DeniseDenise
  23. 2012To Rome with LoveLillian
  24. 2012GoonEva
  25. 2011Portraits in Dramatic Time
  26. 2011Midnight in ParisZelda Fitzgerald
  27. 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldKim Pine
  28. 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the AnimationKim Pine (voice)
  29. 2010Goldstar, OhioKendra Harper
  30. 2009One Way to ValhallaDale
  31. 2008MilkAnne Kronenberg
  32. 2007Dan in Real LifeJane
  33. 2005Dear WendySusan
  34. 2004Plain TruthKatie Fitch
  35. 2004A Separate PeaceBeth
  36. 2004Confessions of a Teenage Drama QueenElla
  37. 2003Pieces of AprilBeth Burns
  38. 2003An Unexpected LoveSamantha Mayer
  39. 2003Fast Food HighEmma Redding
  40. 2002Perfect PieMarie at 15
  41. 2002The Pilot's WifeMattie Lyons
  42. 2001What Girls LearnTilden
  43. 2001MidwivesConstance 'Connie' Danforth
  44. 2000BabyLarkin Malone
  45. 2000The Other MeAllana Browning
  46. 2000The Dinosaur HunterJulia Creath
  47. 2000Skipped PartsChuckette Morris
  48. 2000Redwall: The MovieCornflower(voice)
  49. 1999A Holiday RomanceFern
  50. 1999Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded FangShapiro / Marfa
  51. 1999The Life Before ThisJessica
  52. 1999God's New PlanSamantha Hutton
  53. 1999What Katy DidKaty Carr
  54. 1999Locked in SilenceLacey
  55. 1999DifferentSally
  56. 1998Stranger in TownHetty
  57. 1998Degas and the DancerMarie von Goetham