Alison Brie Biography

Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California, and knew from an early age she wanted to be an actor. Her first taste of performing came in community theater shows at the Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, where her first role was playing Toto, Dorothy's dog, in The Wizard of Oz.

She attended the California Institute of the Arts, earning her BFA in Acting, and later studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. To support herself, she even worked as a clown at children's birthday parties.

One of Alison’s first TV roles was on Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana as a hairdresser-in-training. Her breakout came when she landed the dual roles of Trudy Campbell on AMC’s acclaimed drama Mad Men (2007–2015) and Annie Edison on NBC’s comedy hit Community (2009–2015). Of juggling the two shows, Alison told HitFix: “There was a day where I was in the morning on Community and in the evening on Mad Men in the same day.”

Alison has since built a successful career in both television and film. She starred as Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder in Netflix’s GLOW (2017–2019), earning critical praise and multiple Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. She also starred in the Apple TV+ anthology series Roar (2022).

On the big screen, Alison has appeared in films such as Scream 4 (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), Get a Job (2016), Get Hard (2015), The Little Hours (2017), The Post (2017), The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), Promising Young Woman (2020), and Spin Me Round (2022), which she co-wrote.

She starred in Somebody I Used to Know (2023), directed by her husband Dave Franco, and they co-starred in the horror film Together (2025).

Alison has said she refuses to be typecast, telling Glamour: “Everyone was like, 'Figure out your box and stay there!' But I want to keep doing different things.” Her versatility has paid off, allowing her to transition effortlessly between drama, comedy, and even writing and producing.

Alison married actor Dave Franco in March 2017.

Filmography:

Together (2025)
Somebody I Used to Know (2023)
Spin Me Round (2022)
Roar (2022)
The Rental (2020)
Horse Girl (2020)
Promising Young Woman (2020)
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
The Post (2017)
The Little Hours (2017)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
The Headhunter's Calling (2016)
Joshy (2016)
No Stranger Than Love (2016)
Get a Job (2016)
How to Be Single (2016)
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Get Hard (2015)
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Scream 4 (2011)
Raspberry Magic (2010)
The Coverup (2008)
Parasomnia (2008)
Dickie Smalls: From Shame to Fame (2007)
Born (2007)