(about her perseverance to get a part in a movie of Lars von Trier) Alison: I remember thinking, 'I’m not giving up that easily'.
(about her nomination for a Tony) Alison: That was quite a nice wake-up call. I really wasn't expecting it at all. To come down here from Toronto and be so warmly welcomed by the people of New York is absolutely amazing.
Alison: When I meet people I'm not usually freaked out. I guess the first big name I worked with was Sissy Spacek and that was really interesting just because she's so incredible and I learned so much from just watching her. But she's also so unassuming that I loved working with her. It wasn't like working with a star, it was Sissy. Not a big deal.
In 2000, Alison was nominated and won the Burbank International Children's Film Festival Film Award for Best Child Actress Performance for her part in the 2000 TV movie The Dinosaur Hunter.
In 2000, Alison was nominated for the Young Artist Award in the category Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Supporting Young Actress for her part as Marie von Goetham in the 1998 TV movie Degas and the Dancer.
In the 2004 movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Alison plays Ella. When auditing for the director, in the first audition she was turned down as the director had a more androgynous appearance for the character of Ella. She auditioned a second time, after taking some picture of herself as a boy, and finally got the part.
In the movie Pieces of April (2003), she had the opportunity to work with her favourite actress, Patricia Clarkson.
Alison is 5' 6.5" (1.69 m).
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