Alison Brie biography and pictures

Alison Brie (born December 29, 1983) is an American actress best known for portraying Annie Edison on Community and Trudy Campbell on Mad Men.

Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California 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 theater 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 in 2001; 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 theater production at Disney's REDCAT Theater 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 theater. She has performed in the Blank Theater Company's Young Playwright's festival and in shows at the Odyssey, Write-Act, and Rubicon Theaters, 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" (2006) as well as leading roles in some independent films before landing her role on "Mad Men" (2007). Since then, she has continued to work in film and TV.