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Alison Doody‌

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Female

Birthday

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Popularity

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Alison Doody

Dublin, Ireland

Alison Doody

Dublin, Ireland

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1966-11-11

Popularity

star3.7

Biography

Alison Doody (born November 11, 1966) is an Irish actress and model. She is the youngest of three children. She was educated in a convent, where she gained a passion for the arts. She later studied at the National College of Fine Arts in Dublin, but left because she lacked the motivation and thought she would take a year off to think it out. Meanwhile, while sitting in a café with friends, she was approached by a still photographer who asked her if she would be interested to model. Thinking she could use the pocket money, she said yes. Modeling proved to be both fun and lucrative, and very soon she did it professionally. Her modeling contracts led to commercial work, which would take her around the world. One day, a casting director saw her work and suggested she try acting instead. She was sent to London at age 19, where she quickly won an audition to appear in the new James Bond film, A View to a Kill (1985). She so loved acting that she pursued a career in that direction. After her first film, she shot a few TV dramas in London and in Dublin, but her big break came when she was cast as Austrian seductress Dr. Elsa Schneider in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Apparently she made a huge impression on Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who loved her great sense of humor and her Grace Kelly looks. After Indiana Jones, which introduced her to Hollywood and to the United States, she was chosen to replace Cybill Shepherd as spokeswoman for L'Oréal. After that she shot a few B-movies in the United States, but at one point felt she missed Ireland too much, so she went back to Dublin. In 1994, she put her career on hold to spend more time with media heir Gavin O'Reilly, whom she had been dating for two years. In 1996 they married, and later had two children. In 2002, she was asked to cameo in the 'Michael Caine (I)_ comedy Les acteurs (2003), and there she regained a lust for the movie industry. The following summer, she shot Allan Quatermain et la pierre des ancêtres (2004) with co-starPatrick Swayze, and it's then that the whole ball started rolling again. In 2005, she and her husband divorced and she decided to re-launch her stalled career, but she quickly realized how difficult it was to break into this kind of business for a second time, especially after ten years away from the camera. Recently she appeared in the short film Benjamin's Struggle (2005), directed by newcomer James Breese, and played a role in the well-known British series Meurtres en sommeil (2000). In a recent interview, she said she was thrilled to be acting again, but added that she wasn't willing to accept anything for the sake of working. She is determined to find the right part, but she also wants to do different things: "I'm fed up playing the nasty Nazi. I'd like to do something quite extreme."

Movie Credits

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade‌
star7.9
calendar 1989

Major League II

Major League II‌
star5.7
calendar 1994

Benjamin's Struggle

Benjamin's Struggle‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Duel of Hearts

Duel of Hearts‌
star7.0
calendar 1992

A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying‌
star5.8
calendar 1987

Taffin

Taffin‌
star5.6
calendar 1988

Deceptions

Deceptions‌
star6.7
calendar 1985

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden‌
star7.7
calendar 1987

The Rapture

The Rapture‌
star4.0
calendar 2010

Selling Hitler

Selling Hitler‌
star7.0
calendar 1991

Ring of the Musketeers

Ring of the Musketeers‌
star4.7
calendar 1992

A View to a Kill

A View to a Kill‌
star6.2
calendar 1985

We Still Kill the Old Way

We Still Kill the Old Way‌
star5.9
calendar 2014

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones‌
star6.0
calendar 2024

Temptation

Temptation‌
star3.2
calendar 1994

Brother

Brother‌
star6.5
calendar 2016

Division 19

Division 19‌
star5.3
calendar 2017

The Rising Hawk

The Rising Hawk‌
star5.9
calendar 2019

Billy & Chuck

Billy & Chuck‌
star6.0
calendar 2011

RRR

RRR‌
star7.7
calendar 2022

Muse

Muse‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Women in Tropical Places

Women in Tropical Places‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

The Actors

The Actors‌
star5.8
calendar 2003

Tv Credits

Beaver Falls

Beaver Falls‌
star6.3
calendar 2011

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

The Storyteller

The Storyteller‌
star8.1
calendar 1988

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead‌
star7.2
calendar 2001

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines‌
star6.3
calendar 2004

Wogan

Wogan‌
star4.5
calendar 1982

Deceptions

Deceptions‌
star6.0
calendar 1985

Selling Hitler

Selling Hitler‌
star7.0
calendar 1991

Ring of the Musketeers

Ring of the Musketeers‌
star0.0
calendar 1992