Alyson Hannigan

Biography: This appealing actress specializes in playing awkward, nebbishy characters who somehow manage to possess a come-hither allure. A former child model who landed her first job in an instructional film at the age of 3 months, Hannigan moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles and segued to acting while in her teens. After a number of stints on such series as Free Spirit, Roseanne and Touched by an Angel, she came to prominence in 1997 on Joss Whedon's inventive fantasy-dramedy series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portraying nerdy witch Willow Rosenberg and adding a charming, oddball element to the character for six seasons. (She also played the character in a recurring turn on Angel, a Buffy spin-off.) Both her acting and love life blossomed while on Buffy, as she ended up marrying costar Alexis Denisof. She then scored a plum part in the big-screen American Pie trilogy as high-school flutist Michelle Flaherty, whose band-geek exterior belied an overly naughty persona. After making her stageThis appealing actress specializes in playing awkward, nebbishy characters who somehow manage to possess a come-hither allure. A former child model who landed her first job in an instructional film at the age of 3 months, Hannigan moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles and segued to acting while in her teens. After a number of stints on such series as Free Spirit, Roseanne and Touched by an Angel, she came to prominence in 1997 on Joss Whedon's inventive fantasy-dramedy series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portraying nerdy witch Willow Rosenberg and adding a charming, oddball element to the character for six seasons. (She also played the character in a recurring turn on Angel, a Buffy spin-off.) Both her acting and love life blossomed while on Buffy, as she ended up marrying costar Alexis Denisof. She then scored a plum part in the big-screen American Pie trilogy as high-school flutist Michelle Flaherty, whose band-geek exterior belied an overly naughty persona. After making her stage debut in 2004 in a London production of When Harry Met Sally, she returned to her small-screen roots in 2005 to star on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother. She indeed became a mother in 2009, giving birth to a baby girl, Satyana Denisof. Expand

Alyson Hannigan's Scores

Average career score: 63
Highest Metascore: 81 Veronica Mars: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 33 Outmatched: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 1 out of 6
6 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Late Show with David Letterman: Season 20 Aug 13, 2012 Guest tbd
tbd Chelsea Lately: Season 6 Jan 2, 2012 Guest tbd
tbd How I Met Your Mother: Season 7 Sep 19, 2011 Lily Aldrin; Jasmine / Lily 7.3
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 9 Sep 12, 2011 Guest 7.8
tbd The Simpsons: Season 22 Sep 26, 2010 Melody 6.1
tbd How I Met Your Mother: Season 6 Sep 20, 2010 Lily Aldrin / Lily 7.7
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 8 Sep 13, 2010 Guest tbd
tbd How I Met Your Mother: Season 5 Sep 21, 2009 Lily Aldrin / Lily 8.0
tbd Martha: Season 5 Sep 14, 2009 Guest tbd
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 7 Sep 8, 2009 Guest tbd
61 The Goode Family: Season 1 May 27, 2009 Michelle 6.1
tbd How I Met Your Mother: Season 4 Sep 22, 2008 Lily Aldrin / Lily 8.4
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 6 Sep 8, 2008 Guest 7.8
tbd The Bonnie Hunt Show: Season 1 Sep 8, 2008 Guest tbd
tbd How I Met Your Mother: Season 3 Sep 24, 2007 Lily Aldrin / Lily 8.4
tbd How I Met Your Mother: Season 2 Sep 18, 2006 Lily Aldrin / Lily 8.6
tbd I Love the ‘80s: 3D: Season 1 Oct 24, 2005 Herself tbd
tbd Veronica Mars: Season 2 Sep 28, 2005 Trina Echolls 8.1
69 How I Met Your Mother: Season 1 Sep 19, 2005 Lily Aldrin / Lily Aldrin; Jasmine / Lily 8.5
tbd MADtv: Season 11 Sep 17, 2005 Guest tbd
tbd The View: Season 9 Sep 5, 2005 Alyson Hannigan tbd
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 3 Sep 5, 2005 Guest tbd
81 Veronica Mars: Season 1 Sep 22, 2004 Trina Echolls 8.6
tbd King of the Hill: Season 8 Nov 1, 2003 Stacey 8.5
tbd That '70s Show: Season 6 Oct 29, 2003 Sally Simpson 8.6
tbd Angel: Season 4 Oct 6, 2002 Willow 7.6
tbd Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7 Sep 24, 2002 Willow Rosenberg / Alyson Hannigan / Willow Rosenberg 4.9
tbd The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Season 11 Sep 23, 2002 Guest tbd
tbd Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6 Oct 2, 2001 Willow Rosenberg / Alyson Hannigan / Willow Rosenberg 4.9
tbd Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5 Sep 26, 2000 Willow Rosenberg / Willow Rosenberg 5.6