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Canadian actress (born 1985)

Film & TV

Acting · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alison Pill is a Canadian actress and a former child actress. Pill began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came with the television series The Book of Daniel (2006). That same year, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore…

Known for

  • Eric LaRue — Lisa Graff2025
  • RoboGobo — Farmer Faye (voice)2025
  • Young Werther — Charlotte2024
  • Trap — Rachel2024
  • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — Kim Pine (voice)2023
  • Hello Tomorrow! — Myrtle Mayburn2023
  • The Same Storm — Bridget Salt2022
  • All My Puny Sorrows — Yolandi Von Riesen2022
  • Them — Betty Wendell2021
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis — Self - Kim Pine / Vegan Police2020

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Canada
Active from
1985

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
90

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Key facts

Born
( 1985-11-27 ) November 27, 1985 (age 40) , Toronto , Ontario, Canada
Alma mater
Vaughan Road Academy
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1995–present
Spouse
Joshua Leonard ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 24, 2015</span>"}]]}'>2015 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2025 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Alison Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian actress. A former child actress, she began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous projects before transitioning to adult roles with a breakthrough role in the television series The Book of Daniel (2006), a tv series on NBC. Also in 2006, she made her Broadway debut in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006) earning a nomination for Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Pill's other notable stage roles include being in Blackbird (2007), Mauritius (2007), The Miracle Worker (2010), The House of Blue Leaves (2011), and Three Tall Women (2018).

Pill had prominent roles in the films Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), Plain Truth (2004), Dan in Real Life (2007), Milk (2008), Midnight in Paris (2011), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and Vice (2018). From 2012 to 2014 she played Maggie Jordan in Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama series The Newsroom and acted in the television series In Treatment (2009), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), American Horror Story: Cult (2017), Star Trek: Picard (2020–2022), Devs (2020), and Them (2021). She is also known for her role as Kim Pine in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and the Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023).

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