Alison Doody

Alison Doody was born in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, on the 11th of November in 1966. She is a model and an Irish actress. Her feature film debut was a tiny part in her debut role in the Bond film A View to a Kill. (1985). Then, later she played the Nazi-sympathising archaeologist Elsa Schneider (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989). The other roles she played include Siobhan Donavan as Charlotte in A Prayer for the Dying (1987) Charlotte in Taffin (1988) and Rebecca Flannery in Major League II (1994). Doody was invited by a photographer, and began to model. Doody then began to build her career as a commercial model. Doody did not shy away from glamour or naked work, a rule that was extended to her acting career. When she was spotted by the director of casting for a James Bond movie, she participated of A View to a Kill in the role of Jenny Flex. Doody appeared as a character in John Willis Screen World Volume 2 as one of 12 promising new actors for 1986. 38. Doody was 18 years old in the role of Doody in Bond She was still the most youthful Bond girl until today. Another early movie had her in a minor role as IRA Siobhan Doovan, a member of the IRA in A Prayer for the Dying (1987) in which she was a film starring Mickey Rourke. Doody was unspoken in the film as Archibald Craven's wife Lilias when she appeared in his film of a dream, the 1987 adaptation of The Secret Garden. She was Sapsorrow in an episode of Jim Henson's fable show The Storyteller, opposite John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. She first appeared in the 1988 movie Taffin alongside Pierce Brosnan. Next, she portrayed the role of Dr. Elsa Schneider as an Austrian Nazi-sympathizer and archaeologist opposite Harrison Ford. Doody acted with Sean Connery, who played Indiana Jones' father. Doody has co-starred alongside Jonathan Pryce, in the British mini-series Selling Hitler. The series was inspired by the Hitler Diaries publishing scam. She later moved to Hollywood. She was chosen to replace Cybill Shepard in the role of L'Oreal spokeswoman. She continued to play opposite Charlie Sheen as Flannery, his wife and agent in Major League II. Doody was off acting for more than 10 years, returned in 2003 to take on a tiny part on the British comedy The Actors in which Michael Caine appeared as her as a character at an awards ceremony. Doody was a co-star, along alongside Patrick Swayze, in the 2004 TV film adaptation to King Solomon's Mines. Doody was a part-time actress in Danny Dyer's movie The Rapture (2010). The Clinic, a medical drama, aired on RTE. The Asphyx was the remake she made in 2011. Pam Jefferson was her character in the E4 comedy Beaver Falls for two seasons. In 2014, she was a part of We Still Kill the Old Way. On 21 November 2018 she was awarded by the Almeria Tierra de Cine award as well as a star in Almeria Walk of Fame.