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Alison Lohman Profile |
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Birth Date: September 18, 1979
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Birth Place: Palm Springs, California, USA
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Birth Name: Alison Marion Lohman
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Height: 5'2"
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Biography |
Alison Marion Lohman (born September 18, 1979) is an
American actress. She became known in 2002, after a leading
role in the drama White Oleander, and has since starred in
several Hollywood films, including Matchstick Men, Big Fish
and Flicka. She also had roles on several television shows,
like 7th Heaven, Crusade, Tucker and Pasadena.
Lohman was born in Palm Springs, California, where she was
raised, the daughter of Diane (née Dunham), a bakery owner,
and Gary Lohman, an architect. She has one younger brother,
Robert (born 1982). She is a vegetarian and has two cats,
Monk and Clint. Her family had no industry connections, but
at age nine, she played Gretyl 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 Actress
in a Musical" for the title role in Annie. By the age of 17,
Lohman had appeared in 12 different major productions and
had been a backup singer for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Bob
Hope and the Desert Symphony.
As a senior, she was an awardee of National Foundation of
the Advancement of the Arts and was offered the chance to
attend the Tisch School of the Arts, but declined.
In 1997, after graduating from high school, Lohman moved to
Los Angeles, California to pursue her acting career. For the
next few years, her work consisted of science fiction
B-movies (such as Kraa! The Sea Monster and Planet Patrol),
television productions (including the made-for-TV movie
Sharing the Secret) and children's films (such as Delivering
Milo and The Million Dollar Kid). Also included was the dark
urban drama White Boy.
Lohman starred in White Oleander, an adaptation of Janet
Fitch’s novel, alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin
Wright-Penn and Renée Zellweger. Though the film was a box
office failure (it opened to $5.6 million in 1,510
theaters), Lohman's performance met with wide critical
acclaim and has been described as her "breakthrough role" by
media sources.
The following year, she appeared in Matchstick Men, directed
by Ridley Scott. She starred with Nicolas Cage and Sam
Rockwell, and though it was not a box office success either,
Lohman continued to gain praise. Later that year, she
appeared in Tim Burton’s Big Fish, which continued her trend
of appearing in films of high acclaim, but little success.
She had no theatrical features in 2004, though she did voice
the lead character in the re-dubbing of Nausicaa of the
Valley of the Wind. In 2005 she appeared in Atom Egoyan’s
Where the Truth Lies. The film originally received an NC-17
rating for its graphic sexual content, and failed at the box
office afterwards. Some critics (such as Roger Ebert) felt
that she was well-suited for the role. She appeared
completely nude in the film in a lesbian sex scene. Her next
feature, The Big White, featured her alongside some very big
stars (including Robin Williams, Holly Hunter and Tim Blake
Nelson), but nevertheless went direct-to-video.
Lohman's most recent film is the drama Flicka, which was
released on October 20, 2006. In the film, Lohman plays a
sixteen-year-old girl who befriends a wild mustang. Lohman
had never ridden a horse prior to filming and trained
rigidly for a month; she has also said that she was thrown
"emotionally and physically" and felt "tension" and "energy"
working with horses in the role. She next played a
recovering heroin addict in Things We Lost in the Fire.
Lohman, who is frequently cast as a teenager, has said that
she believes she "look[s] younger and act[s] younger" than
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Other
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She played a older teen pretending to be a 14 year old girl
in Matchstick Men. In real life she was 22-23 at the time
(She had a birthday midway through shooting).
Had a small role in Kevin Costner's 'Dragonfly' as a cancer
patient, though her scenes were cut. Since she shaved her
head for the role she had to wear wigs throughout her next
movie 'White Oleander'.
She studied acting, ballet, dance, and eventually won awards
and scholarships for her talent.
She's a natural blonde.
Is a vegetarian.
Is an environmentalist, supports many charities which
improve and protect the environment.
Her father is an architect and her mother owned a French
bakery
Has a younger brother Robert (b. 1982)
Spends every summer in Marseille, France visiting her
relatives and cousins.
Is of Irish descent. |
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since October 25, 2007