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Alyson Hannigan (born Alyson Lee
Hannigan on March 24, 1974) is an American actress who
plays Lily Aldrin in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your
Mother. She is also known for her previous roles as
Willow Rosenberg on the television series Buffy the
Vampire Slayer and flautist Michelle Flaherty in the
American Pie film series.
Early life: Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C.
to Albert Hannigan, an American Photographer, and Emilie
Posner, a Jewish American real estate agent. Her parents
divorced a year after her birth and she was raised
mostly by her mother in Atlanta. Although Hannigan had
appeared in an industrial film for "Active
Parenting" as a baby, as well as starred in a
commercial for the "Duncan Hines cookie mix"
in 1978, it wasn't until she moved to Los Angeles,
California in 1985 that she formally began her acting
career. Living with her mother and attending North
Hollywood High School, she successfully auditioned for
agents while visiting her father in Santa Barbara.
Career: Hannigan's first major film role was in
My Stepmother Is an Alien, a science fiction comedy
released in 1988; one of her co-stars in the film was
actor Seth Green, who would later join her in the
regular cast of Buffy as her on-screen boyfriend.
Throughout most of the early 1990s, she appeared in
commercials and supporting roles on television shows,
including Picket Fences, Roseanne and Touched by an
Angel.
In 1997, Hannigan was cast to play Willow Rosenberg,
Buffy's best friend, on the television series Buffy the
Vampire Slayer. The show became a big success, and
Hannigan gained recognition, subsequently appearing in
several notable films aimed at teenage audiences,
including American Pie, American Pie 2, Boys and Girls,
and American Wedding.
By the time Buffy had ended in 2003,
Hannigan was earning a $250,000 salary for each episode.
She also had a guest spot on the Buffy spin-off, Angel,
portraying her role of Willow in a few episodes
(including most notably "Orpheus", during the
fourth season of Angel and the seventh season of Buffy),
but none after Buffy finished production.
In early 2004 Hannigan made her West End debut, starring
in a stage adaptation of When Harry Met Sally... at the
Theatre Royal Haymarket, opposite Luke Perry. In 2005
she returned to starring in a regular television series,
appearing in the currently-running show, How I Met Your
Mother, as Lily, and also playing a recurring guest role
on Veronica Mars as Trina Echolls.
In February 2006, Date Movie, in which Hannigan stars as
a character meant to be a parody on romantic comedy
heroines, was released in theatres. Hannigan recently
presented a Grammy at the 2007 Grammy Awards.
Personal life: She married actor Alexis Denisof
(who played Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the Buffy/Angel
franchise) at Two Bunch Palms Resort in Desert Hot
Springs, California on October 11, 2003. They bought a
home together in Santa Monica, California.
Trivia
- When Hannigan first asked out future husband
Alexis Denisof on the set of Buffy, he declined
saying that he did not date co-workers. The two were
friends for over a year before they began dating.
During that time Hannigan tried to fix up Denisof
with her best friend, who told Hannigan after
meeting him, "Oh, he's perfect for you!"
- A fan once brought a horse to Hannigan's home as a
gift.
- Dated Marilyn Manson drummer Ginger Fish
- Enjoys throwing elaborate birthday parties for her
husband; has said in interviews that they really
like renting moonwalks for parties
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