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My Take
Alyson Hannigan is, to me, the gold standard of the actor who makes everyone around her better. Willow on Buffy remains one of television's great character arcs, from stammering wallflower to the show's emotional core, and Hannigan sold every step of it. She then pivoted to broad comedy in American Pie and How I Met Your Mother without losing that essential warmth. Her timing is so unshowy that it is easy to miss how precise it is. She has never needed to dominate a scene to define it, and that generous, durable craft ages far better than flash. I trust her completely on screen.
Overview
Alyson Lee Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress and television presenter. She began her film career with supporting roles in the comedy films Impure Thoughts (1986) and My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), receiving a Young Artist Award nomination for the latter.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alyson Hannigan
- Name (Japanese)
- アリソン・ハニガン
- Reading
- ありそん・はにがん
- Born
- March 24, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Tiger
- Origin
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 64 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- North Hollywood High School
- University
- California State University, Northridge
Awards & achievements
- 2000 Young Hollywood Awards
- 2002 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
- 2002 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV - Villain
- 2009 People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.