Alyson Hannigan

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Flora & Ulysses (2021)

Alyson Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. to Emilie (Posner), a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. She began her acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos. She is a seasoned television actress, guest starring in Picket Fences (1992), Roseanne (1988), Touched by an Angel (1994) and the The Torkelsons (1991) before starring in her most notorious roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) as "Willow Rosenberg" and How I Met Your Mother (2005) as "Lily Aldrin."

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How I Met Your Mother
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TV Series
- performer: "Night Night, Little Marvin (from How I Met Your Mother)" (uncredited), "Night Night, Little Marvin (from How I Met Your Mother)"
- performer: "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" (uncredited), "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit"
- performer: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
- 2006–2012
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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TV Series
- performer: "I've Got A Theory/Bunnies/If We're Together", "Walk Through The Fire"
- 2001

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Trivia
She made an estimated $8,700,000 in earnings from her work on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).

Quotes
"It was great for a change to share a week's work, rather than being on different projects. With the hours Alexis and I spend on set, you can tend to pass like ships in the night. Weekends, however, are great because we can share precious time together. But when we're at home, I promise you, we certainly don't talk about vampires or suck each other's blood for tea" [on playing the season 4, episode 15, role of "Willow" as a crossover on Angel (1999) June 4, 2003].