Alison Pill facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alison Pill
Pill in 2019
Born	(1985-11-27) November 27, 1985 (age 39) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	Vaughan Road Academy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Joshua Leonard ​ (m. 2015)​
Partner(s)	Jay Baruchel (2011–2013)
Children	1

Alison Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She started acting when she was a child. Pill began her career at age 12. She appeared in many movies and TV shows. Later, she took on roles for adults. A big step in her career was the TV series The Book of Daniel in 2006.

In the same year, she performed on Broadway for the first time. This was in the play The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006). She was even nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She has also acted in other famous plays. These include Blackbird (2007) and Three Tall Women (2018).

Pill has also had important roles in many films. Some of these are Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) and Milk (2008). She also appeared in Midnight in Paris (2011) and Vice (2018). From 2012 to 2014, she played Maggie Jordan in the HBO show The Newsroom. She also acted in Star Trek: Picard (2020–2022). Pill is also well-known for playing Kim Pine in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). She also voiced Kim Pine in the Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023).

Early Life and School

Pill was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father is an engineer from Estonia. Alison went to Vaughan Road Academy. This school had a special program called Interact. It was for students who wanted to study dance, music, sports, and acting.

Acting Career

Starting Out: 1997–2007

Alison Pill at Comic Con in San Diego in 2010

Alison Pill decided to become an actress when she was 10 years old. She was part of the Toronto Children's Chorus. She was chosen to narrate one of their shows. Her mother tried to make her change her mind. She got Alison a job as a background actor. This was on the TV series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.

By age 11, she had a guest role. This was on the children's series The New Ghostwriter Mysteries. At 12, she got roles in two TV movies. She also appeared in a mini-series. She was a guest on Psi Factor. She also voiced "Cornflower" in the animated series "Redwall" (1999–2001). After more TV movies, she got her first film role. It was in a Canadian movie called The Life Before This in 1999. Then she played Marfa in Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang.

Pill acted in four more TV movies before she turned 14. The next year, she had a small role in Skipped Parts (2000). This movie starred Drew Barrymore. She then appeared in four more TV projects that year. She played Farrah Fawcett's daughter in the movie Baby. She also had a main role in The Dinosaur Hunter. This film won Pill an award for Best Child Actress.

In 2001, she played young Lorna in the TV movie Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. This movie was about the singer Judy Garland. That same year, Pill played Sissy Spacek's daughter in Midwives. In 2003, she was Katie Holmes's sister in Pieces of April. Pill also won the main role in the TV movie Fast Food High. It was about a teen who tries to start a union at a fast food place. She also had a supporting role in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2003). This movie starred Lindsay Lohan.

Pill then started acting on stage. Her first play was None of the Above in New York City. In 2006, she starred in the TV drama The Book of Daniel. That same year, she made her Broadway debut. She played Mairead in the play The Lieutenant of Inishmore. For this role, she was nominated for a Tony Award.

Because she was so busy, Pill studied through a special program. This program was for children in the entertainment industry. After high school, Pill moved to New York. She wanted to focus on theatre. But she kept working in movies. One of these was Dan in Real Life in 2007. She returned to Broadway in the play Mauritius (2007). A critic from The New Yorker praised Pill. He called her "excellent" and said she had a "big future." She also acted in the play Blackbird that year. For her performance, she received several award nominations.

Film Roles and The Newsroom: 2008–2014

Alison Pill at PaleyFest in 2013

Pill had a big supporting role in the 2008 film Milk. She played Anne Kronenberg, a campaign manager. In 2009, she was cast as April in the TV series In Treatment. She later played Kim Pine in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). She also voiced Kim in Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation. She played Empress Maud in the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth.

In theatre, Pill starred with Abigail Breslin in The Miracle Worker (2010). A critic from Variety said Pill was very good. She showed skill in playing strong and vulnerable women. The next year, she acted in another Broadway play. It was The House of Blue Leaves. She acted with Ben Stiller and Edie Falco. She played a kind, partly deaf actress. Critics liked her performance. Entertainment Weekly called her "delightfully daffy."

She appeared in Woody Allen's movie Midnight in Paris (2011). She played Zelda Fitzgerald. The next year, she worked with Allen again in To Rome with Love (2012). She also starred in short films. One was Santa Baby, where she sang and danced.

From 2012 to 2014, she was in the HBO drama series The Newsroom. She played Maggie Jordan, a journalist. In a play called Wait Until Dark (2013), Pill played a blind woman. She had to fight for her life. A critic compared her performance to famous actresses. He said Pill made the role unique.

She also starred in the film Snowpiercer (2013). This was a post-apocalyptic movie. She acted alongside Chris Evans. Pill appeared in Cooties (2014). She also played Emma in Zoom. Emma was an aspiring comic book artist.

Recent Work: 2015–Present

Alison Pill acted in the Coen Brothers comedy Hail, Caesar! (2015). She played Eddie Mannix's wife. Pill also starred in Goon: Last of the Enforcers. She played Eva Glatt, who was married to the main character. In 2016, Pill was part of the TV show The Family. She co-starred with Jessica Chastain in the thriller Miss Sloane.

In 2017, she joined American Horror Story: Cult. She played Ivy Mayfair-Richards, a main character. In 2018, she played Mary Cheney in the film Vice. Mary is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. That same year, she acted in the Broadway play Three Tall Women. She performed with Glenda Jackson and Laurie Metcalf.

In 2020, she was in the TV series Devs. She played Katie, the chief designer of the Devs system. In 2021, she starred in the film All My Puny Sorrows. She played Yolandi "Yoli" Von Riesen. For this role, she won Best Actress in a Canadian Film. Pill was also in the TV series Them. She played Betty Wendell. For the first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard, she played Dr. Agnes Jurati. Pill returned to Broadway in 2024. She played Sonya in the play Uncle Vanya. A critic called her the "evening's MVP."

Personal Life

Alison Pill was engaged to actor Jay Baruchel from 2011 to 2013. Baruchel announced their engagement publicly. He thanked Pill as his fiancée during an awards speech.

Pill married actor Joshua Leonard on May 24, 2015. They had gotten engaged in January of that year. They have a daughter named Wilder. She was born on November 19, 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music Videos

Web

Theatre

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Alison Pill para niños