Alison Doody

Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland is a model and actress. Following her film debut by playing a minor role in the Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) she went on to appear as a an archaeologist who is sympathetic to Nazis, Elsa Schneider, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Other roles include Siobhan Donavan in A Prayer for the Dying (1987) Charlotte in Taffin (1988) and Rebecca Flannery in Major League II (1994). A photographer approached Doody. Doody began to model and subsequently a career in commercial modelling. Doody did not like glamour or nude modeling, which she carried over to her acting. She accepted a small role as Jenny Flex for 1985's A View to a Kill when she was spotted by the director of casting. Doody's name appeared in John Willis Screen World Vol. 12 which features the most promising young actors in 1986. 38. Doody, at 18-years-old when she played Doody's role in Bond She was still the youngest Bond gal until today. A Prayer for the Dying (1997), starring Mickey Rourke, also featured a smaller role as IRA Siobhan. Doody was a silent actor in the 1987 version from The Secret Garden, playing Archibald Craven's dream wife Lilias. The first time she played the lead in an episode from 1988 of the Jim Henson fantasy series The Storyteller in the role of Sapsorrow opposite John Hurt Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She starred alongside Pierce Brosnan, in the 1988 film Taffin. In the following film, she played her most memorable role to date as Austrian Nazisympathiser and Archaeologist The doctor. Elsa Schneider playing alongside Harrison Ford. Doody has collaborated with three James Bond actors. Doody costarred with Jonathan Pryce, in the British mini-series Selling Hitler. The series was inspired by the Hitler Diaries publishing scam. When she moved to Hollywood Doody made her famous. The choice was made to replace Cybill Shepherd as the spokeswoman of L'Oreal she was later chosen to perform alongside Charlie Sheen in 1994's Major League II in the role of Flannery the agent's girlfriend. After almost a decade away from the stage Doody returned to acting with a small role in 2003 British comedy movie The Actors with Michael Caine acting as herself in an awards ceremony scene. In 2004, Doody starred in a scene with Patrick Swayze alongside a TV version of King Solomon's Mines. Also Doody was on Benjamin's Struggle (2005), which was a pamphlet that described the Holocaust. Doody was a part-time actress in Danny Dyer's movie The Rapture (2010). Later, she appeared as a guest in the medical drama of RTE The Clinic and was set to be the lead actress in a remake of the classic horror film The Asphyx but the project ended up being cancelled. In 2011, she started the second season on the E4 comedy show Beaver Falls playing Pam Jefferson. In 2014, she was a part of We Still Kill the Old Way. The Almeria tierra de film award was awarded to her on November 21 in 2018. She also received an award at the Almeria Walk of Fame.