Alison Doody

Alison Doody was born in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland, on the 11th of November 1996. She is a model and an Irish actor. Her debut film part as an archaeologist Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, her role as Elsa Schneider - a Nazi-sympathizing character - in A View to a Kill (Bond film, 1985) and then went on to portray the Nazi-sympathizing Elsa Schneider. Siobhan Donovan was Charlotte as Taffin in 1988, and Rebecca Flannery starred in Major League II in 1994. Approached by a photographer Doody began to model that eventually led to an industry-related career in modelling. Doody was extremely cautious about doing glamour or nude work. The same rule continued into Doody's acting work. In 1985, after getting noticed by the directors of casting for an upcoming James Bond new film, Doody took a small part of Jenny Flex as in A View to a Kill. Doody's name appeared within John Willis Screen World Vol. 12 which features the most promising young actors of 1986. 38. At just 18 as she played the role Doody was, and still is one of the smallest Bond girl who has appeared in a film. A Prayer for the Dying with Mickey Rourke also had a performance by Doody, playing IRA Siobhan. Doody was a voice actor in the 1987 TV adaptation of The Secret Garden appearing as Archibald Craven's wife Lilias in the movie of his dreams. The Storyteller's episode Sapsorrow was her debut leading part. It aired in 1988 opposite John Hurt, Dawn France as well as Jennifer Saunders. She also played alongside Pierce Brosnan on the movie Taffin. Her most recognizable performance to date was her role as Austrian Nazi sympathiser as well as archaeologist Dr. Elsa Schneider opposite Harrison Ford in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Doody appeared alongside Sean Connery in the film in the role of Indy's father. Doody was in the British mini-series Selling Hitler with Jonathan Pryce. It was based on The Hitler Diaries publication scam. When she moved to Hollywood Doody made her famous. She was Flannery the agent of Charlie Sheen and girlfriend on the set of Major League II. She was chosen to be the replacement for Cybill Shepherd, who was once L'Oreal's spokeswoman. Doody was absent from the stage for nearly 10 years, came back 2003 to take on a tiny part in her role in the British comedy The Actors in which Michael Caine played her in a scene at an awards ceremony. Doody acted alongside Patrick Swayze in a 2004 television movie adaptation from King Solomon's Mines and also starred in a short called Benjamin's Struggle (2005) a pamphlet about the Holocaust as well as in the British TV program Waking the Dead (in a two-part episode known as. Doody made an appearance on Danny Dyer 2010's The Rapture. She was also set to play the lead role for The Asphyx remake, but that project fell through. Pam Jefferson was her character in the E4 comedy Beaver Falls for two seasons. In 2014, she was on the show as Pam Jefferson on We Still Kill the Old Way. The film was awarded the Almeria film award on 21 November 2018.