Alison Brie can currently be seen as Annie Edison, the adorable tightly wound character on NBC’s hit comedy “Community.” This half-hour comedy also stars Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, and Chevy Chase. In addition to her regular role on “Community,” Brie often graces the set of the award winning AMC drama series "Mad Men” as Trudy Campbell, which recently returned to AMC for a fourth season. Alison also has a film titled MONTANA AMAZON with Olympia Dukakis and Haley Joel Osment slated to release this year.
Alison was born in Hollywood, CA and grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of South Pasadena. Interested in acting at an early age, she began her career performing in community theatre shows at the Jewish Community Center in Los Feliz. Her very first role was "Toto" in the Wizard of Oz. After graduating from South Pasadena High School; Alison attended California Institute of the Arts where she received her BFA in Acting. While there, she was one of the original cast members in the world premiere of The Peach Blossom Fan, performed as the inaugural theatre production at Disney's REDCAT Theatre in Downtown LA. During that time Alison also studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland.
Since graduating she has continued to work in all forms of media, including film, television, and theatre. She has performed in the Blank Theatre Company’s Young Playwright's festival and in shows at the Odyssey, Write-Act, and Rubicon Theatres, receiving an Indy Award for her haunting performance as Ophelia in the Rubicon's production of Hamlet. She had performed guest spots for Comedy Central and Disney’s “Hannah Montana” as well as leading roles in some independent films before landing her role on “Mad Men.” Since then she has continued to work in film and TV.
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