Alison Doody

Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland is a model and actress. She made her debut in a feature film with a small part in Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) she went on to portray the Nazi-sympathising archaeologist Elsa Schneider, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Siobhan Donovan was Charlotte in Taffin in 1988. Rebecca Flannery starred in Major League II in 1994. Approached by a photographer Doody began to model that eventually led to an industry-related career in modelling. Doody was averse to glamour and nude work. This was a principle she carried over to her acting. Once she caught the attention of the casting director for the upcoming James Bond movie, she participated in A View to a Kill in the role of Jenny Flex. Doody was named as one the top twelve promising actors of the year in 1986 in John Willis Screen World. 38. Doody had just turned 18 years old when she took on the role of Bond girl. Doody is the youngest Bond girl to date. A Prayer for the Dying with Mickey Rourke also had a role for Doody in the character of IRA Siobhan. Doody appeared as Archibald Craven in his dreams in the 1987 television version of The Secret Garden. She played Lilias. In the Jim Henson fantasy episode The Storyteller in 1988, Doody portrayed Sapsorrow along with John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. She starred alongside Pierce Brosnan in the film Taffin (1988) before taking probably her most high-profile part in her career in the role of Austrian Nazi-sympathiser as well as archaeologist The Dr. Elsa Schneider in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade playing opposite Harrison Ford. It also featured Sean Connery as Indy's father Doody is a co-star with three actors who have portrayed James Bond. Doody costarred with Jonathan Pryce, in the British mini-series Selling Hitler. The series was in part inspired by the Hitler Diaries publishing scam. Following her move to Hollywood Doody made her famous. She played Flannery in Major League II, opposite Charlie Sheen. Doody made her acting comeback in 2003 when she played a minuscule part as a character in the British comedy The Actors, in which Michael Caine played herself at an awards show. In 2004, she appeared alongside Patrick Swayze as a television adaptation of King Solomon's Mines. She played a role as a character in Benjamin's Struggle, a 2005 pamphlet on the Holocaust. Doody was a part-time actress in Danny Dyer's movie The Rapture (2010). Doody was later a guest on the medical drama of RTE The Clinic and was set to be the lead actress in a remake of the horror film The Asphyx but the project was later put on hold. Pam Jefferson was her character in the E4 comedy Beaver Falls for two seasons. She was a part of We Still Kill the Old Way in 2014, a documentary. She received the Almeria tierra de cinema award on the 21st of November, 2018.