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 Angel: Season 2 Sep 26, 2000 Willow Rosenberg 8.8
tbd Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4 Oct 5, 1999 Willow Rosenberg / Willow Rosenberg 7.3
tbd Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3 Sep 29, 1998 Willow Rosenberg / Alyson Hannigan / Willow Rosenberg 7.5
tbd The View: Season 4 Jul 28, 1998 Alyson Hannigan tbd
tbd Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 Sep 15, 1997 Willow Rosenberg / Alyson Hannigan / Willow Rosenberg 8.0
80 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1 Mar 10, 1997 Willow Rosenberg / Alyson Hannigan / Willow Rosenberg 8.2
tbd Touched by an Angel: Season 1 Sep 21, 1994 Actor tbd
tbd Roseanne: Season 3 Sep 18, 1990 Guest 5.8