Aly Brier

Alexanna Rose Brier (born August 4, 1997) is an American actress, producer, and director. Her filmography includes portraying The Intern in High Maintenance. and her role as Effy in the upcoming short film, Sour Honey.
==Early Life==
Brier began her acting career at age 9 working in a variety of performance outlets. This started with commercial work for brands including Chuck E. Cheese, Dixie Plates, and Acuvue Contact Lenses . She moved into theater work with principal and ensemble roles such as Jemima Potts in the US Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2008) and on Broadway playing Debbie in Billy Elliot the Musical (2011).
When not on the main stage, Brier performed back home on Long Island. Screen-wise, she appeared in multiple shorts including Sane Jules Blaine. Directed by Andrew Simkiss, it earned the 2009 Warner Brothers Film Award and King Award from New York University’s First Run Film Festival .
She completed her secondary education at The Wheatley School , acting in local productions and served as Vice President of their theatre company. Delving into work behind the camera, she produced, directed, wrote, and edited the short film A Helping Hand . For her work, she was recognized as the winner of the Creative Empowerment Arts College Scholarship and recipient of the 2014 Long Island Arts Alliance Scholar-Artist.
==Career==
After graduating from Wheatley in 2015 she attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. In 2020, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Film and Media with a minor in French .
Transitioning to a full-time actress, she appeared in cameos on television shows and mini-series including High Maintenance and Message Not Received. Alongside those, her focus has been creating and starring in short films. Brier’s recent work includes Bandito Melancholia , Tape , and Small Time . 
In the latter, she played the role of Shelley, which was released in 2020. The film received hardware both domestically and internationally. That year, it earned Best Feature at the Centre Film Festival and EDA Award for Best Female Directed Feature at the 2020 Whistler Film Festival followed up by the Spirit of Freedom Award at The Bahamas International Film Festival in 2021.
Her latest short, Sour Honey , which is dedicated to sex workers everywhere, is set to release Summer 2024.
==Personal life==
Brier began dating Tommy Nelson, her Sour Honey co-star, in 2023. They married on September 11 of that year .
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2009	Sane Jules Blaine 	Eve Blaine 	Short
2009	Crickett and the Little Girl Power	Roaming Reporter	TV Movie
2013	Kate 	Becky Willis 	Short
2016	Ookie Cookie 	Chloe 	Short
2016	What Fresh Hell 	Lola 	Short
2016	Katelyn 	Katelyn 	Short
2016	An Exploration in Blue 	Caterina 	Short
2017	In This Family 	Samantha 	Credited as "Alexanna Brier"
2018	The Last Night 	Dru Roberts 	Short
2018	Fat Lily 	Lily 	Short
2019	Tangerine Dream 	May 	Short
2019	Coolidge 	Dorothy 	Short
2019	Bandito Melancholia 	Director 	Short
2020	Small Time 	Shelley 	
2020	Tape 	Chrissy 	Short
2020	Eden: The Only One Left to Us 	Effy 	Credited As Alexanna Brier
2020	Black Eyed Susan 	Maurine 	
2024	Sour Honey 	Effy 	Post Production
===Television===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2016	Shelter 	Miriam Anderson	Episodes: "Pilot" & "Episode #1.2"
2017	Message Not Received	Mia 	Episode: "She Wants It"
2018	High Maintenance 	The Intern 	Episode: "Ghost"
==Stage==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2008	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 	Jemima Potts	US National Tour
2010	Billy Elliot the Musical	Debbie 	On Broadway
Category:Living people
Category:American actresses
Category:1997 births
Category:Producers
Category:Directors