Biography

Alison Brie

Posted on Sep 18, 2020, Modified : Sep 19, 2020 manish

Quick Info
Full Name	Alison Brie Schermerhorn
Date of Birth	29th December 1982
Birth Place	Hollywood, California
Parents	Charles Terry Schermerhorn (Father) Joanne Brenner (Mother)
Profession	Actress, Writer, Voice Actor, Producer
Husband	Dave Franco
Age	37 years
Height	5 ft 3 in
Weight	50 kg
Net Worth	US $10 million

EARLY LIFE

Alison Brie was born on 29th December in 1982 in the city of California called Hollywood. Her full name is Alison Brie Schermerhorn, and her nationality is American. Her family Charles Terry Schermerhorn (father), works as a reporter in entertainment as a freelancer while her mother, Joanne Brenner, works for a non-profit organization called Para Los Ninos, which is the agency for the children.

Her mother is from Jewish ancestry, and her father is of Dutch, Scottish, and English ancestry. She also has a sister named Lauren. Her parents got divorced when they were young and her mother, and while growing up, her mother used to tell them that they are from Jewish ancestry and are Jewish within. Alison Brie is neither a Christian nor a Hindu, but she attends the “Christian-Hindu church,” which is a hybrid church.

Brie attended the California Institute of the Arts and graduated in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in theatre. Later on, she attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, which is located in the city called Glasgow in Scotland, for further theatre knowledge and training. During her early years, she used to perform in the Jewish Community Center, which was located in Southern California near her city. After graduating from the academy, she used to work in the birthday parties as a clown to sustain herself, and she would also perform in theatres in her town sometime.

CAREER

Brie’s professional career in acting started in the year 2006. She appeared in the Disney Channel movie called Hannah Montana, where she played a small role as the hairdresser of fellow star Miley Cyrus. Later on, she appeared in the drama series called Mad Men, which was premiered in 2007 untill 2015. In the drama, she has portrayed the character of Trudy Campbell. Her performance in the movie was well approved by the audience.

She then starred in My Alibi, which is the web series and was premiered in 2008 and finished in 2009. She again appeared in another television sitcom called Community, where she appeared as the Annie Edison. The Tv series was aired in 2009 and end only in 2015. She was very admired for her character in the series. For the first time, Alison Brie was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series of Critics’ Choice Television Award.

In the following year in 2018, she co-hosted in the television program called Attack of The Show; then, she made her appearance in the program called Web Soup. She played a small role in the movie Montana Amazon in 2010. She was rated at No. 99 in 2010 and appeared at No. 49 in 2011 of Top 100 list of Maxim magazines. In 2013, Alison Brie became the 57^th Sexiest Woman in the World as voted by FHM readers; also, in the following year for the most desirable woman in the World, she was voted at the No. 2 by Askmen readers.

During the year 2011, Alison Brie starred in different movies like Scream 4, where she portrayed the character of Rebecca Walters. In 2012, she starred in the movie The Five-year Engagement portraying the character of Suzy Barnes. Then in 2014, she voiced for the animated film called The Lego Movie as the Princess Unikitty. In 2015, she voiced in the eighth season of another animated series called American Dad!.

During mid-2014, she appeared in a Netflix series called BoJack Horseman, which was premiered in August. In the series, she voiced for many characters. Later she appeared in a show called Lip Sync Battle, winning the Battle against Will Arnett. In the competition, she performed in the song “Shoop” of Salt-N-Pepa, and the other song was of Jessi J, Nicki Minaj, and Ariana Grande’s “Bang Bang.”

Alison Brie has also played as the lead role in the movie Sleeping with Other People directed by Leslye Headland. She also played in the movie Get Hard, where she played as the fiancée of co-star Will Ferrell. She starred in the movie How to be Single, which was a romantic comedy film portraying the character of Lucy. Her other films were The Little Hours, The Disaster Artist, and The Post.

In 2017, Brie starred in the drama series called GLOW, where she portrayed the character of Ruth Wilder, a professional female wrestler. The series was premiered on 23rd June in 2017. Her performance as Ruth Wilder was highly praised by the critics. She was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy series. She also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-Television series Musical or Comedy aa well as Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.

In 2018, Alison Brie performed in the video of a song called “Colors” by Beck. She again voiced in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as the Princess Unikitty. She also dubbed for the Japanese anime Weathering with you.

She made her producing debut in 2020, where she starred and produced in the Netflix drama called Horse Girl. She also starred in the Promising Young Woman and in another horror movie called The Rental.

Her new movie called Happiest Season is coming soon to the theatre.

PERSONAL LIFE

Alison Brie dated Dave Franco for seven years; they met each other during the 2011 party in Mardi Gras and started dating in 2012 and eventually got engaged in 2015. They were committed to each other on 13th March 2017. Her husband, Dave Franco, is also an American actor and also a successful director as well. They haven’t had any child, yet as Alison Brie does not want to have children.