Alison Doody

Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland is an actress and model. After making her film debut by playing a minor role in the Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) she went on to portray the an archaeologist who is sympathetic to Nazis, Elsa Schneider, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Siobhan donavan was in A Prayer for the Dying in 1987, Charlotte was in Taffin (in 1988) and Rebecca Flannery played Major League II. Doody was invited by a photographer, who asked her to model. She then developed a career of commercial modelling. Doody was extremely determined not to do glamorous or sexually explicit work. The same rule continued into her acting career. In the event that she was brought to director's notice for an upcoming James Bond film, Doody took on a part on the film A View to a Kill (1985). Doody's name was featured as a part of John Willis Screen World Vol. 12 of the most promising new actors from 1986. 38. Doody was just turning age 18 when she was given the character as a Bond girl. Doody is the youngest Bond girl to date. A Prayer for the Dying (1997) with Mickey Rourke, also featured a smaller role as IRA Siobhan. Doody played a non-speaking part in the 1987 television version of The Secret Garden appearing as Archibald Craven's wife Lilias in the movie of his dreams. Doody's first leading role came in an episode from 1988 of the Jim Henson fantasy series The Storyteller as Sapsorrow alongside John Hurt Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. The year 1988 was the first time she starred with Pierce Brosnan on the movie Taffin. Her most notable role to date was as Austrian Nazi sympathiser as well as archaeologist Dr. Elsa Schneider opposite Harrison Ford in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Doody was in the film alongside Sean Connery, who played Indiana Jones' father. Doody was co-starring with Jonathan Pryce, in the British miniseries Selling Hitler. The series was in part inspired by The Hitler Diaries publishing scam. In Hollywood, she moved to. It was her choice to succeed Cybill Shepard as L'Oreal spokeswoman. She went on to star opposite Charlie Sheen as Flannery, his agent and girlfriend on the film Major League II. Doody's first appearance on the screen was in 2003 when Michael Caine played Doody in a short role. Doody was a co-star, along together with Patrick Swayze, in the 2004 TV film adaptation to King Solomon's Mines. Doody was part of Danny Dyer's The Rapture (2009). She was also set to take on the role of lead in The Asphyx remake, but that project fell through. Pam Jefferson was her character in the E4 comedy Beaver Falls for two seasons. In 2014 she starred in We Still Kill the Old Way. In November of 2018, she was honored by the Almeria Tierra de Cine award and she received an award in the Almeria Walk of Fame.