Alison Doody

Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland is a model and actress. She made her film debut with a small part in Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) she was later cast to appear as a anti-Nazi archaeologist Elsa Schneider, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Siobhan Donnevan as A Prayer for the Dying (1997), Charlotte Taffin (1988) as well as Rebecca Flannery Major League II (1994) are other roles. Doody began modeling after she was approached. It turned out to be a profitable career. Doody strictly avoided fashion, thongs and glamour when she was modeling. Once she caught the attention of the casting director for an upcoming James Bond movie, she participated in A View to a Kill in the role of Jenny Flex. Doody was selected as one of the 12 most promising young actors in 1986 in John Willis Screen World. 38. Doody had just turned 18 years old when she was given the character as a Bond girl. She remains the youngest Bond girl. Another film from her early days was a small part as IRA member Siobhan Donovan in A Prayer for the Dying (1987) which starred Mickey Rourke. Doody was an actress in silent films in the 1987 version of The Secret Garden, playing Archibald Craven's dream wife Lilias. Doody was Sapsorrow in the episode of Jim Henson's fantasy series The Storyteller, opposite John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. She first appeared in the 1988 movie Taffin opposite Pierce Brosnan. Next, she played Dr. Elsa Schneider as an Austrian Nazi-sympathizer and archaeologist opposite Harrison Ford. Doody is a part of the James Bond family, having played alongside Sean Connery and Jonathan Pryce in 1989's Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. Doody starred alongside Jonathan Pryce as Hitler Diaries which was a British mini-series based on Hitler Diaries. In Hollywood, she moved to. The decision was made to replace Cybill Shepard in the role of L'Oreal spokesperson and then was later cast alongside Charlie Sheen as Flannery, his girlfriend and agent on the film Major League II. After almost a decade away from the stage Doody came back to acting, by playing a minor role in the 2003 British comedy movie The Actors with Michael Caine playing herself in an awards ceremony scene. Doody was a co-star with Patrick Swayze in a 2004 TV movie adaptation of King Solomon's Mines and also starred in a short called Benjamin's Struggle (2005) a pamphlet on the Holocaust and in the British TV show Waking the Dead (in a two-part episode known as. Doody was cast in Danny Dyer's The Rapture (2009). The Clinic, a medical drama that aired on RTE. The Asphyx was the remake she made in 2011. Pam Jefferson is her role in the E4 Comedy Drama Beaver Falls' first of two seasons. She was a part of We Still Kill the Old Way, a 2014 film. In November of 2018 she was awarded the Almeria Tierra de Cinema Award and was awarded a Star on the Walk of Fame in Almeria.