Alison Doody

Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland, is a model and actor. She made her film debut as the Bond actress in A View to a Kill, (1985). Then she was in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. Doody played Nazi sympathetic archaeologist Elsa Schneider. There were also roles for Siobhan Dovan on the film A Prayer for the Dying (1987) Charlotte in Taffin (1988) and Rebecca Flannery in Major League II (1994). Photographer approached Doody Doody decided to take up modeling, which turned into an industry-related career in modelling. Doody tried to stay clear of glamorous and sexy roles, this was the principle she followed in her acting. When she came to the director's attention for a James Bond film, Doody accepted a minor role in A View to a Kill (1985). Doody appears in John Willis Screen World's Vol. 3. She is listed as one of the 12 promising actors from 1986. 38. Doody was only 18 years old at the time of her first appearance in the Bond character. To date she's the newest Bond girl. A Prayer for the Dying, starring Mickey Rourke in 1987, was another early film where Doody portrayed IRA Siobhan. Doody had an unspoken role as the wife of Archibald Craven Lilias as she appeared in the film adaptation of his fantasy, 1987's version of The Secret Garden. In a Jim Henson fantasy episode The Storyteller in 1988, she played Sapsorrow alongside John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. In 1988, she appeared with Pierce Brosnan on the movie Taffin. The most memorable role to date was as Austrian Nazi sympathiser and archaeologist Doctor Elsa Schneider opposite Harrison Ford in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It also featured Sean Connery as Indy's father Doody is a co-star with three actors that have played James Bond. Doody co-starred in 1991 with Jonathan Pryce opposite the British mini-series Selling Hitler, which was inspired by the publication fraud called The Hitler Diaries. She then moved to Hollywood. The choice was made to replace Cybill Shepherd as spokesperson for L'Oreal she was later chosen to appear alongside Charlie Sheen in 1994's Major League II in the role of Flannery the agent's girlfriend. Doody came back to acting in 2003 when she played a minuscule role on her role in the British comedy The Actors, in which Michael Caine played herself at an awards show. She was in the film together with Patrick Swayze, in the 2004 TV film adaptation of King Solomon's Mines. Doody was part of Danny Dyer's The Rapture (2009). She guested in RTE's medical drama The Clinic. The project was later canceled. In 2011 she began the first season of two in the E4 comedy drama Beaver Falls playing Pam Jefferson. In 2014, she starred as Pam Jefferson in We Still Kill the Old Way. In November of 2018 she received the Almeria Tierra de Cinema Award and was awarded a Star on Almeria's Walk of Fame.