Alison Brie
Biography
Alison Brie is an American actress, producer and writer who began acting onstage in Southern California and landed her first television role in 2006 on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana. She drew notice as Trudy Campbell on Mad Men and broke through as Annie Edison on Community, a part that brought a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. She voiced Diane Nguyen on BoJack Horseman and earned critical praise as Ruth Wilder on GLOW, along with Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations. Her films include Scream 4 (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), The Lego Movie (2014), Sleeping with Other People (2015), How to Be Single (2016), The Little Hours (2017), The Post (2017), Promising Young Woman (2020), Happiest Season (2020) and Together (2025). She wrote, produced and starred in Horse Girl (2020), and co-wrote Spin Me Round (2022) and Somebody I Used to Know (2023).
43years old
Turns 44 on December 29in 77 days
- Born Hollywood
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Alison Brie Schermerhorn (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 31
- Career span
- 19 years2007 to 2026
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Early training
Brie trained at the California Institute of the Arts, earning a bachelor's degree in theater in 2005, and spent a year of those studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.
First role
Brie's first role on television came in 2006, playing Nina, a novice hairdresser, in the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana.
Behind the camera
Brie took the part of Sarah in Horse Girl, a Netflix drama she also wrote and produced. Jeff Baena directed the film, which came out in 2020.
Beyond film
Alison Brie won a Lip Sync Battle matchup against Will Arnett. Her performances included "Shoop" by Salt-N-Pepa and "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj.
Languages
In 2019, Brie returned to voice Princess Unikitty in the animated comedy sequel The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, and she also voiced an English dub for Weathering with You, a Japanese animated romantic fantasy film.
Alison Brie movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jeff Baena directed four of these films, Dave Franco two. Lauren Weedman appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Lauren Weedman's page
Nick Offerman's page
Molly Shannon's page
Aubrey Plaza's page
Dave Franco's page
Jason Mantzoukas's page
All films by Jeff Baena
Box office
What Alison Brie's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.4 billion
19 of the 31 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 31 films: 19 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 19Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$471M32.5% of the total
- 2$200M13.8% of the total
- 3$180M12.4% of the total
- 4$114M7.9% of the total
- 5$112M7.8% of the total
- 6$112M7.7% of the total
- 7$97M6.7% of the total
- 8$54M3.7% of the total
$108 millionfrom the other 11 films with a worldwide figure, 7% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAG Awards | |||
| 2009 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.