Alison Brie

Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She received recognition for her starring roles as Trudy Campbell in the drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), Annie Edison in the comedy series Community (2009–2015), Diane Nguyen in the animated comedy series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), and as Ruth Wilder in the comedy-drama series GLOW (2017–present), for which she received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. In addition to her television work, Brie has also starred in films such as Scream 4 (2011); The Five-Year Engagement (2012); The Lego Movie (2014); Get Hard (2015); Sleeping with Other People (2015); How to Be Single (2016); The Little Hours (2017); The Disaster Artist (2017); The Post (2017); Promising Young Woman (2020); Horse Girl (2020), which she also co-wrote and produced; and The Rental (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alison Brie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Kings of Summer (2013)

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Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Vogt-Roberts
CAST:  Nick Robinson  •  Gabriel Basso  •  Moisés Arias  •  Alison Brie

Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Vogt-Roberts
CAST:  Nick Robinson  •  Gabriel Basso  •  Moisés Arias  •  Alison Brie

Raspberry Magic (2010)

Eleven-year-old Monica Shah is a brainy schoolgirl whose science fair project about growing raspberries becomes a touching emotional crusade. After her dad leaves and her mother falls into a funk, Monica decides it's her job to rescue the family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leena Pendharkar
CAST:  Lily Javaherpour  •  Meera Simhan  •  Ravi Kapoor  •  Keya Shah

Eleven-year-old Monica Shah is a brainy schoolgirl whose science fair project about growing raspberries becomes a touching emotional crusade. After her dad leaves and her mother falls into a funk, Monica decides it's her job to rescue the family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leena Pendharkar
CAST:  Lily Javaherpour  •  Meera Simhan  •  Ravi Kapoor  •  Keya Shah

Born (2007)

Mary Elizabeth goes to bed alone one night, still a twenty one year old virgin, and wakes up the next morning pregnant. Possessed by the demon fetus growing within her womb, Mary Elizabeth obeys her homicidal cravings to kill, for the sake of her unborn spawn. Mary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Friedman
CAST:  Joan Severance  •  Alison Brie  •  Kane Hodder  •  Denise Crosby

Mary Elizabeth goes to bed alone one night, still a twenty one year old virgin, and wakes up the next morning pregnant. Possessed by the demon fetus growing within her womb, Mary Elizabeth obeys her homicidal cravings to kill, for the sake of her unborn spawn. Mary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Friedman
CAST:  Joan Severance  •  Alison Brie  •  Kane Hodder  •  Denise Crosby

Search Party (2014)

Two oafs must rescue their stranded pal in Mexico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scot Armstrong
CAST:  Adam Pally  •  T.J. Miller  •  Thomas Middleditch  •  Alison Brie

Two oafs must rescue their stranded pal in Mexico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scot Armstrong
CAST:  Adam Pally  •  T.J. Miller  •  Thomas Middleditch  •  Alison Brie

Get a Job (2016)

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A recent college graduate and his friends are forced to lower life expectations when they leave school for the real world. Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dylan Kidd
CAST:  Anna Kendrick  •  Bryan Cranston  •  Miles Teller  •  Christopher Mintz-Plasse

A recent college graduate and his friends are forced to lower life expectations when they leave school for the real world. Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dylan Kidd
CAST:  Anna Kendrick  •  Bryan Cranston  •  Miles Teller  •  Christopher Mintz-Plasse

The Lego Movie (2014)

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An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Lord  •  Christopher Miller
CAST:  Cobie Smulders  •  Channing Tatum  •  Jonah Hill  •  Craig Berry

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Lord  •  Christopher Miller
CAST:  Cobie Smulders  •  Channing Tatum  •  Jonah Hill  •  Craig Berry

Save the Date (2012)

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After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Mohan
CAST:  Lizzy Caplan  •  Alison Brie  •  Martin Starr  •  Mark Webber

After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Mohan
CAST:  Lizzy Caplan  •  Alison Brie  •  Martin Starr  •  Mark Webber

The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Stoller
CAST:  Emily Blunt  •  Alison Brie  •  Jason Segel  •  Rhys Ifans

Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Stoller
CAST:  Emily Blunt  •  Alison Brie  •  Jason Segel  •  Rhys Ifans

The Deadliest Lesson (2008)

A gang of violent teenagers uses detention class to get revenge on the teacher who identified a friend as the gunman in a deadly shooting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Winer
CAST:  Alison Brie  •  Penelope Ann Miller  •  Bridget White  •  Yancey Arias

A gang of violent teenagers uses detention class to get revenge on the teacher who identified a friend as the gunman in a deadly shooting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Winer
CAST:  Alison Brie  •  Penelope Ann Miller  •  Bridget White  •  Yancey Arias

Scream 4 (2011)

Sidney returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour, which brings about the return of Ghost Face and puts her family, friends, and the whole town in danger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Emma Roberts  •  Hayden Panettiere  •  Adam Brody  •  Courteney Cox

Sidney returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour, which brings about the return of Ghost Face and puts her family, friends, and the whole town in danger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Emma Roberts  •  Hayden Panettiere  •  Adam Brody  •  Courteney Cox

Parasomnia (2008)

Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition called "parasomnia." A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art student Danny Sloan falls in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Malone
CAST:  Dylan McKnight  •  Patrick Kilpatrick  •  Jeffrey Combs  •  Cherilyn Wilson

Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition called "parasomnia." A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art student Danny Sloan falls in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Malone
CAST:  Dylan McKnight  •  Patrick Kilpatrick  •  Jeffrey Combs  •  Cherilyn Wilson

Montana Amazon (2013)

The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who've been in the mountains for far too long. Now one step ahead of the law, matriarch Grandma Ira flees to Canada with her two wildly dysfunctional teenage grand kids, across the American West into a comic collision ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.G. Brock
CAST:  Haley Joel Osment  •  Olympia Dukakis  •  Alison Brie  •  Miguel Nájera

The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who've been in the mountains for far too long. Now one step ahead of the law, matriarch Grandma Ira flees to Canada with her two wildly dysfunctional teenage grand kids, across the American West into a comic collision ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.G. Brock
CAST:  Haley Joel Osment  •  Olympia Dukakis  •  Alison Brie  •  Miguel Nájera

The Coverup (2008)

Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa. Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department after the young man was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Jun
CAST:  Eliza Dushku  •  Gabriel Mann  •  John Savage  •  Michael Welch

Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa. Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department after the young man was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Jun
CAST:  Eliza Dushku  •  Gabriel Mann  •  John Savage  •  Michael Welch

Harmontown (2014)

A comedic, brutally honest documentary following self-destructive TV writer Dan Harmon (NBC's Community) as he takes his live podcast on a national tour.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Berkeley
CAST:  Dan Harmon  •  Erin McGathy  •  Spencer Crittenden  •  Ben Stiller

A comedic, brutally honest documentary following self-destructive TV writer Dan Harmon (NBC's Community) as he takes his live podcast on a national tour.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Berkeley
CAST:  Dan Harmon  •  Erin McGathy  •  Spencer Crittenden  •  Ben Stiller

Get Hard (2015)

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When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Etan Cohen
CAST:  Will Ferrell  •  Kevin Hart  •  Alison Brie  •  T.I.

When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Etan Cohen
CAST:  Will Ferrell  •  Kevin Hart  •  Alison Brie  •  T.I.

The Disaster Artist (2017)

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Franco
CAST:  Dave Franco  •  James Franco  •  Seth Rogen  •  Ari Graynor

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Franco
CAST:  Dave Franco  •  James Franco  •  Seth Rogen  •  Ari Graynor

A Family Man (2016)

Dane Jensen is a driven, Chicago-based headhunter, working at a cut-throat job placement firm. When Dane's boss announces his retirement, he pits Dane against Lynn Vogel, Dane's equally driven but polar-opposite rival at the firm, in a battle for control over the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Williams
CAST:  Gerard Butler  •  Alison Brie  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Alfred Molina

Dane Jensen is a driven, Chicago-based headhunter, working at a cut-throat job placement firm. When Dane's boss announces his retirement, he pits Dane against Lynn Vogel, Dane's equally driven but polar-opposite rival at the firm, in a battle for control over the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Williams
CAST:  Gerard Butler  •  Alison Brie  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Alfred Molina

Joshy (2016)

After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to join him. Focused on drugs and their own hangups, his self-absorbed friends refuse to confront the elephant in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Baena
CAST:  Thomas Middleditch  •  Adam Pally  •  Alex Ross Perry  •  Nick Kroll

After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to join him. Focused on drugs and their own hangups, his self-absorbed friends refuse to confront the elephant in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Baena
CAST:  Thomas Middleditch  •  Adam Pally  •  Alex Ross Perry  •  Nick Kroll

How to Be Single (2016)

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Ditter
CAST:  Dakota Johnson  •  Rebel Wilson  •  Alison Brie  •  Nicholas Braun

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Ditter
CAST:  Dakota Johnson  •  Rebel Wilson  •  Alison Brie  •  Nicholas Braun

Sleeping with Other People (2015)

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslye Headland
CAST:  Jason Sudeikis  •  Alison Brie  •  Adam Scott  •  Natasha Lyonne

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslye Headland
CAST:  Jason Sudeikis  •  Alison Brie  •  Adam Scott  •  Natasha Lyonne
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