In "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Alyson Hannigan plays a shy wallflower who becomes Buffy's friend snd confidante. In real life, Alyson is a veteran actress who has been performing since the age of four. During the series, she filmed in the Paramount/MTV Films feature "Dead Man on Campus", starring Tom Everett Scottand Mark Paul Gossalar.

She began her career in Atlanta doing commercials working in the national spots for companies like McDonalds, Six Flags and Oreo Cookies. When Alyson was 11, she moved to Los Angeles in hopes of breaking into film and T.V. Her breakthrough role came when she was cast as Dan Aykroyd's misunderstood daughter in the feature film "My Mother Is an Alien". She went on to guest star on a number of well known T.V. shows such as "Picket Fences", "Roseanne" and "Touched by an Angel". She was a recurring guest star on the series "Almost Home" and a series regular on "Free Spirit". In her free time , the Washigton D.C. native and Dr. Seuss fan likes to surf the web, practice kick-boxing and spend time with her dogs and cats. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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