Alison Doody

Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland, is an actress and model. Her feature film debut was in a minor part on The James Bond film A View to a Kill. (1985). In the following film, she portrayed Nazi-sympathising Archaeologist Elsa Schneider (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989). Siobhan donavan was part of A Prayer for the Dying in 1987. Charlotte played Taffin (in 1988) as well as Rebecca Flannery played Major League II. Doody began modelling after being approached by an experienced photographer. This led to an enviable career as a commercial model. Doody was adamantly against glamour and naked work, a rule that allowed her to pursue an acting career. She accepted a small role as Jenny Flex for 1985's A View to a Kill after her name was picked by the director of casting. Doody appeared in John Willis Screen World Volume 2. She was one of twelve promising young actors for the year 1986. 38. Doody was just 18 years old at the time of her debut in the Bond part. As of today, she is the youngest Bond girl. A Prayer for the Dying starring Mickey Rourke also had a part for Doody as IRA Siobhan. Doody had an unspoken role in the film as Archibald Craven's wife Lilias during his dream, 1987's adaptation to The Secret Garden. In a Jim Henson fantasy episode The Storyteller in 1988, Doody portrayed Sapsorrow along with John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. The year 1988 was the first time she appeared with Pierce Brosnan on the movie Taffin. Her most notable part to date was that of Austrian Nazi sympathiser as well as archaeologist Dr. Elsa Schneider opposite Harrison Ford in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It also featured Sean Connery as Indy's father Doody has acted alongside three actors in the role of James Bond. Doody has co-starred alongside Jonathan Pryce, in the British mini-series Selling Hitler. The series was an inspiration for The Hitler Diaries publishing scam. Later, she relocated to Hollywood. She went on as Flannery her agent and partner for Major League II. She had been chosen as an alternative to Cybill Shepherd, who was once L'Oreal's spokeswoman. Doody's first appearance on the big screen took place in 2003. Michael Caine played Doody in the role of a brief. Doody acted alongside Patrick Swayze in a 2004 television movie adaptation from King Solomon's Mines and also starred in a short called Benjamin's Struggle (2005) a pamphlet that discussed the Holocaust and in the British TV show Waking the Dead (in a two-part series named. Doody was part of Danny Dyer's The Rapture (2009). Then, she appeared in the RTE medical thriller The Clinic. She was also set to appear in the remake of the horror classic The Asphyx. However, the project was ultimately canceled. The actress began her two seasons on the E4 comedy Beaver Falls in 2011 as Pam Jefferson. In 2014 she appeared in We Still Kill the Old Way. In November, she won the Almeria tierra de Cine Award as well as a star on the Almeria Walk of Fame.