Alyson Hannigan played the computer nerd turned witch Willow Rosenberg in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her birth name was Allison Lee Hannigan. She was a child star, and appeared in hundreds of commercials and TV shows. Her first big break came when she was fourteen, when she landed a role in the film My Stepmother is an Alien. Seth Green, who played her boyfriend Oz in Buffy, played her love interest in the movie. Alyson is also famous for starring as flute-playing Michelle in three American Pie movies.
In 2004, she appeared in a stage version of When Harry Met Sally in London, alongside Luke Perry, who starred in the original Buffy movie. She played Trina Echolls in two episodes of Veronica Mars and had a guest appearances in That 70’s Show in the episode ‘Sally Simson’. Alyson’s current project is a TV show called How I Met Your Mother, in which she plays Lily.
Since 2003, Alyson has been married to Alexis Denisof, who played Wesley Wyndham-Pryce in Buffy and Angel. Alyson gave birth to a baby girl names Satyana Denisof on her 35th birthday on March 24, 2009.
Related episodes: 4.15 Orpheus, Buffy Episodes
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dscooper1120 on April 17th, 2005 at 7:40 am
I think it is very cute that she and “Wesley” are married.
I liked her guest appearance on Angel when she was interested in Fred.
Britt on October 30th, 2005 at 5:03 am
Yeah she is on How I Met Your Mother. I think it is a funny show
Smash on October 31st, 2005 at 6:35 am
That’s one of the only sit-coms on television that doesn’t make me very ill. I don’t think she’s particularly suited to it-it seems so odd for her to have these fake, cheesy lines and a laugh track, but such is primetime I guess. All in all, the show’s pretty good.
DarthRosenberg on July 18th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Actually in Angel episode, Orpheus, Willow thought that Fred was interested in her. She was already with Kennedy that time and she only misunderstood Fred’s excitement about magic. But, of course, that was a very cute scene!
Anyway, Orpheus was great, Willow was great with everyone. I loved the Will-Cordy scene and the Will-Wes scene… (when he asked that is there anything else changed - besides the ultimate evil thing - and she says no altough there were a lot of changes:))))
Abby M. on August 28th, 2006 at 8:00 am
Yeah, I think Alyson Hannigan would do awesomely in a real drama, serious role.