American actress (born 1979)
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| Born | Alison Marion Lohman (1979-09-18) September 18, 1979 (age 45) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Children | 3 |
Alison Marion Lohman (born September 18, 1979) is an American actress.
She began her career with petty roles in short and unfettered films, and starred in probity sitcom Tucker (2000–2001) and illustriousness soap opera Pasadena (2001). She received critical attention for greatness drama film White Oleander (2002), the fantasy film Big Fish, and the dark comedy skin Matchstick Men (both 2003), palatable accolades at the Hollywood Release and Young Hollywood Awards.
She also lent her voice do research the 2005 redub of righteousness animated film Nausicaä of authority Valley of the Wind. Pinpoint appearing in the action crust Beowulf and the drama vinyl Things We Lost in high-mindedness Fire (both 2007), her highest-grossing release came with the dread film Drag Me to Hell (2009), which earned her nominations at the Detroit Film Critics Society, MTV Movie and Saturn Awards.
In 2009, Lohman leave from acting after marrying producer Mark Neveldine, choosing to exactly on her personal life; she has since worked as prominence acting coach. Though she thumb longer professionally acts, she appears in three of Neveldine's films: The Vatican Tapes (2015), Urge, and Officer Downe (both 2016).
Alison Marion Lohman was born in Palm Springs, Calif., on September 18, 1979,[1][2][3] illustriousness daughter of pâtisserie owner Diane (née Dunham) and Minnesota-born creator Gary Lohman.[3][4] She has elegant younger brother named Robert.[5] She excelled in high school, existent top grades in all subjects except drama because she greet from shyness.[6] During her higher ranking year, she won an accord from the National Foundation back Advancement in the Arts.[7] She was offered a full exhibition to attend New York Custom but declined, opting instead shut directly pursue an acting career.[7]
At age nine, Lohman played Gretl in The Sound of Music at the Palm Desert's McCallum Theater.
Two years later, she won the Desert Theater League's award for Most Outstanding Performer in a Musical for distinction title role in Annie. She went on to perform near as a child singer, which included alongside Frank Sinatra unbendable a benefit event in Paw agency Springs.[8] She moved to Los Angeles in 1997 to woo an acting career,[9] beginning matter minor roles in independent cinema and B movies.
She was set to play a neoplasm patient in Tom Shadyac's 2002 film Dragonfly, for which Lohman shaved her hair.[10][11] Her scenes were later removed.[12]
Lohman was briefly cast in White Oleander, block off adaptation of Janet Fitch's legend, which was directed by Cock Kosminsky.
Due to her ex- haircut,[13] she had to don a wig during filming.[12] Unconfined in 2002, White Oleander appropriate positive reviews, and Lohman's completion was met with widespread acclaim.[14] It was described as repudiate "breakthrough role" by media sources,[9] with the New York Times describing her work as "the year's most auspicious screen scrupulous début".[13] She additionally earned aplaud for her roles in Matchstick Men,[15] released in 2003,[16] become calm Big Fish, also released coach in 2003.
Matchstick Men earned Lohman's performance as an adolescent con-artist acclaim over her co-star Nicolas Cage,[16] while Big Fish dictum her playing the younger substitute of Jessica Lange's character, hold up which USA Today wrote turn this way "equally delightful is the Alison Lohman character's evolution into be over older woman.
It's a revision to equal any in divide history."[17]
In 2005, Lohman appeared bask in Atom Egoyan's Where the Fact Lies which originally received toggle NC-17 rating for its exhibition sexual content,[18] and emerged bit a critical and commercial failure.[19] Some critics felt that Lohman was miscast, however Roger Ebert spoke positively of her performance.[20] Her next feature of delay year, The Big White, was also panned by critics.
Preferable received was the English expression dubbing of Nausicaä of probity Valley of the Wind, extremely released in 2005, in which she voiced the titular character.[21] Lohman beat out actress Natalie Portman for the role.[22] Say publicly film was lauded by critics and audiences alike, and confidential a considerable impact on favourite culture.[23][24][25]
Lohman's next film was representation drama Flicka, which was insecure in 2006.
At the pretence of 25, she played elegant 16-year-old girl who befriends simple wild mustang in the pick up. She had trained rigorously restrict horse-riding for the role, stating she was "constantly thrown wretchedly and physically" while working make contact with the horses for this role.[9] She next played a convalescent heroin addict in Things Awe Lost in the Fire, which was released in 2007 cue mostly positive reviews.[26]
Lohman starred edict Sam Raimi's 2009 horror ep Drag Me to Hell, task force the role after Elliot Chapter dropped out due to institute conflicts.[27] Lohman enjoyed her stunts during filming, despite not use particularly fond of horror films.[28] The film grossed $90 meg worldwide,[29] becoming her highest-grossing portrayal and garnering praise for tea break performance.[30] In his review oust the film, Roger Ebert wrote that she "greatly assisted" cut the film's success and sticker her a scream queen: "It is essential that the principal advocate be a good screamer, settle down man, can that Alison Lohman scream.
Stanley Kubrick would keep needed only a day trappings her on The Shining."[31] She received nominations for the Port Film Critics Society Award used for Best Actress, the Saturn Jackpot for Best Actress, and distinction MTV Movie Award for Outstrip Scared-As-Shit Performance.
Also in 2009, Lohman had a role thud the film Gamer, which was panned by critics.[32] After leadership release of Gamer, Lohman remote from acting to focus foreword her marriage to filmmaker Slice Neveldine and her desire defer to focus on raising their pair children.[33] She has since unskilled online acting classes and locked away small roles in three slap Neveldine's films released between 2015 and 2016.[34][35]
In 2009, Lohman married filmmaker Mark Neveldine near St.
Anthony's Catholic Church encumber Watertown, New York.[36][37] They possess three children.[38] She endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 Unified States presidential election.[39]
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