# Alison Elliott

Alison Elliott (born May 19, 1970) is an American actress. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove. Her other film appearances include The Spitfire Grill (1996), Birth (2004), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and 20th Century Women (2016).

## Early life

Elliott was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Barbara, a teacher of nursing, and Bob Elliott, a computer executive. She moved with her family to Tokyo when she was four years old, and moved back to San Francisco when she was eight, where she later attended the Urban School of San Francisco, an independent arts high school.

## Career

At 14, Elliott began her modeling career with Ford Models, and in 1989, she moved to Los Angeles to star as a teen-aged model on the TV sitcom Living Dolls (1989).
Elliott is known for the films The Underneath (1995), The Spitfire Grill (1996), The Wings of the Dove (1997) (for which she received Supporting Actress nominations for both a Screen Actors Guild Award and Boston Society of Film Critics Award, and a win from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society), The Miracle Worker (2000), and Birth (2004). She also portrayed Virginia "Jinny" St. George in the BBC mini-series production of Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers (1995).
In 2007's critically acclaimed western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Elliott appeared alongside Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Paul Schneider in the role of Martha Bolton, the older sister of Robert Ford.
In addition to her film and television roles, Elliott has narrated multiple audio books, including Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White and its sequel, The Search for Belle Prater.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1994 | Monkey Trouble | Tessa |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Lou Earp |
| 1995 | The Underneath | Rachel |
| 1996 | The Spitfire Grill | Percy Talbott |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove | Milly |
| 1998 | The Eternal | Nora / Niamh |
| 2000 | The Miracle Worker | Anne Sullivan |
| 2003 | Red Betsy | Winifred Rounds |
| 2003 | 12 | Marie-Noel |
| 2004 | Birth | Laura |
| 2006 | Griffin & Phoenix | Terry |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Martha Bolton |
| 2011 | Magic Valley | Martha Garabrant |
| 2016 | The Phenom | Susan Gibson |
| 2016 | 20th Century Women | Julie's Mother |
| 2017 | Counting for Thunder | Sis Stalworth |
| 2017 | Lean on Pete | Aunt Margy |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Who's the Boss? | Martha Lambert | Episode: "Living Dolls" |
| 1989 | Living Dolls | Martha Lambert | 12 episodes |
| 1990 | ABC Afterschool Special | Cindy | Episode: "The Perfect Date" |
| 1993 | Black Tie Affair | Eve Saskatchewan | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | The Buccaneers | Virginia St. George | 6 episodes |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Peggy Ann Buckey | Television film |
| 2000 | The Miracle Worker | Anne Sullivan | Television film |
| 2001 | The Song of the Lark | Thea Kronborg | Television film |
| 2003 | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Who | Television film |
| 2003 | ER | Paula Martin | Episode: "Out of Africa" |
| 2006 | A House Divided | Ruth | Television film |
| 2008 | Long Island Confidential | Kate Larkin | Television film |
| 2008–2009 | Law & Order | Rita Shalvoy | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Terriers | Laura Ross | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Hello Ladies | Nicole Morgan | Episode: "The Wedding" |
| 2020–2021 | Servant | Aunt May | 3 episodes |