Alison Doody
Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland is a model and actress. After making her film debut with a small part in Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) she went on to portray the anti-Nazi archaeologist Elsa Schneider, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Siobhan donnevan starred part of A Prayer for the Dying in 1987. Charlotte was in Taffin (in the year 1988) and Rebecca Flannery played Major League II. Doody was a model after being approached by. The outcome proved to be a profitable career. Doody did not shy away from glamour or naked work, a rule that she extended to her acting profession. In the event that she was brought to director's attention for an upcoming James Bond film, Doody accepted a minor role on the film A View to a Kill (1985). Doody was selected as one of the twelve most promising actors of the year in 1986 in John Willis Screen World. 38. Doody was only 18 years old at the time of her first appearance in the Bond part. As of today she's the newest Bond girl. A Prayer for the Dying (1997), starring Mickey Rourke, also featured one of her roles as IRA Siobhan. Doody played a non-speaking part in the 1987 television version of The Secret Garden appearing as Archibald Craven's wife Lilias in his dream. The Storyteller's episode Sapsorrow was her debut leading role. It took place in 1988 alongside John Hurt, Dawn France along with Jennifer Saunders. She starred alongside Pierce Brosnan in the film Taffin (1988) before she took possibly her most famous role to date in the role of Austrian Nazi-sympathiser as well as archaeologist The Dr. Elsa Schneider in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in which she starred alongside Harrison Ford. In the film, she also appeared alongside Sean Connery as Indy's father Doody is a co-star with three actors in the role of James Bond. Doody appeared in the 1991 British mini-series Selling Hitler with Jonathan Pryce. The film was based on the Hitler Diaries publication scam. She then moved to Hollywood. The role she played was Flannery in Major League II, opposite Charlie Sheen. After nearly a decade from the screen Doody came back to acting, by playing a minor role in the 2003's British comedy film The Actors with Michael Caine as her character in the award ceremony scene. She starred along together with Patrick Swayze, in the 2004 TV film version of King Solomon's Mines. Doody appeared on Danny Dyer 2010's The Rapture. Then, she appeared in the RTE the medical drama The Clinic. She was also set to play the lead role in a remake in 2011 of the classic horror film The Asphyx. However, this project fell through. In 2011, she started the second season on E4 comedy show Beaver Falls playing Pam Jefferson. The show also featured her in We Still Kill the Old Way (2014). The 21st of November, 2018, she was honored by the Almeria the tierra de cine prize as well as a star in Almeria Walk of Fame.
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