Alison Doody

Alison Doody has been an Irish model and actor since November 11, 1996. After her first small part as an archaeologist Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, her role as Elsa Schneider - a Nazi-sympathizing character - in A View to a Kill (Bond film 1985) and then went on to play the Nazisympathizing Elsa Schneider. Siobhan Doovan played Charlotte in Taffin in 1988 and Rebecca Flannery starred in Major League II in 1994. A photographer approached Doody. Doody decided to take up modeling, which turned into the profession of commercial modeling. Doody was averse to glamour and nude work, a rule that was carried into her acting. In the event that she was brought to director's notice for a James Bond film, Doody was offered a small role on the film A View to a Kill (1985). Doody was listed within John Willis Screen World's Vol. 3 as one of the 12 most promising actors of 1986. 38. Doody had just turned 18 at the time she was cast in the character of Bond girl. Doody is the youngest Bond girl to date. in 1987 Mickey Rourke starred in A Prayer for the Dying in which she played IRA members Siobhan Doovan. Doody played a non-speaking part in the 1987 television adaptation of The Secret Garden appearing as Archibald Craven's wife Lilias in the movie of his dreams. The storyteller's episode Sapsorrow was her debut leading role. The episode aired in 1988 with John Hurt, Dawn France and Jennifer Saunders. The actress acted alongside Pierce Brosnan in the film Taffin (1988) before she took perhaps her most well-known role to date as Austrian Nazi-sympathiser as well as archaeologist Dr. Elsa Schneider in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as a co-star with Harrison Ford. Doody acted alongside Sean Connery, who played Indiana Jones' father. Doody starred alongside Jonathan Pryce as Hitler Diaries, a British mini-series based on Hitler Diaries. Following her move to Hollywood, Doody became an international star. It was her choice to succeed Cybill Shepard as L'Oreal spokesperson and then went on to star opposite Charlie Sheen as Flannery, his girlfriend and agent in Major League II. After a long absence from the screen Doody was back in the acting world with a small role in 2003's British comedy film The Actors with Michael Caine as her character in the award ceremony scene. She starred along with Patrick Swayze, in the 2004 TV film adaptation to King Solomon's Mines. Doody played a small role in Danny Dyer's movie The Rapture (2010). The Clinic, a medical drama on RTE. The Asphyx was her 2011 remake. Pam Jefferson, the character she played on E4's comedy Beaver Falls during its first season, which ran for two years. She also was on the show as Pam Jefferson in We Still Kill the Old Way. On 21 November 2018 she was honored by the Almeria Tierra de Cine award and was awarded the honor of a star on the Almeria Walk of Fame.