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Alison Doody
Homepage
https://www.alisondoody.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1966-11-11,Dublin, Ireland
Gender
Female
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."

Filmography

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.851

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989-05-24

Major League II

5.71

Major League II
1994-03-30

Benjamin's Struggle

7

Benjamin's Struggle
2005-11-26

7

Duel of Hearts
1992-01-01

A Prayer for the Dying

5.866

A Prayer for the Dying
1987-09-11

5.583

Taffin
1988-02-26

6.682

Deceptions
1985-05-26

The Secret Garden

7.684

The Secret Garden
1987-11-30

4

The Rapture
2010-06-01

8

Selling Hitler
1993-04-20

A View to a Kill

6.2

A View to a Kill
1985-05-24

We Still Kill the Old Way

6.024

We Still Kill the Old Way
2014-12-12

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones

6

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
2024-01-01

4.375

Temptation
1994-10-19

6.4

Brother
2016-01-20

5.364

Division 19
2017-02-24

The Rising Hawk

5.862

The Rising Hawk
2019-10-10

6

Billy & Chuck
2011-02-19

7.7

RRR
2022-03-24

0

Muse
2019-10-18

Women in Tropical Places

10

Women in Tropical Places
1990-11-08

5.603

The Actors
2003-03-16

RRR: Behind & Beyond

7

RRR: Behind & Beyond
2024-12-20

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

7.857

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003-10-21

Harry's Kingdom

0

Harry's Kingdom
1987-09-27

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

0

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988-06-26

6.4

Beaver Falls
2011-07-27

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

The Storyteller

8.224

The Storyteller
1988-05-15

Waking the Dead

7.25

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

King Solomon's Mines

6.269

King Solomon's Mines
2004-06-13

5.286

Wogan
1982-05-04

6

Deceptions
1985-05-26

7

Selling Hitler
1991-06-11

Ring of the Musketeers

4

Ring of the Musketeers
1992-12-01