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* In her college years at the California Institute of Arts, she would cheer up her roommate by pretending to take a shower, go to the tree out their window and swing on a branch naked like a monkey.
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* NudeNatureDance: In her interview with the WTF Podcast, she said she did this on a trip to Lake Tahoe. She said she took off all her clothes and ran around acting like "a little wood nymph".
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* ActorSharedBackground: The story of Annie in ''Series/{{Community}}'''s awkward first time with a guy who later turned out to be gay is apparently based on an actual experience Alison Brie had. Annie was also given Brie's Judaism, despite originally being written with an Asian girl in mind.



* FakeBrit: In ''Film/TheFiveYearEngagement''.



* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: [[Series/MadMen A confident, high-society 1960s advertising executive's wife]] is also a [[Series/{{Community}} neurotic college student]]. ''At the same time.''
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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious [[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time.

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'''Alison Brie''' Alison Brie (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious [[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time.
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* AdaptationalNationality: In the {{ITV}} miniseries ''Doctor Thorne'', set and filmed in England, her character was an American - in the book it was based on she Australian.

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* AdaptationalNationality: In the {{ITV}} miniseries ''Doctor Thorne'', set and filmed in England, her character was she plays an American - who in the original book it was based on she is Australian.
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* AdaptationalNationality: In the {{ITV}} miniseries ''Doctor Thorne'', set and filmed in England, her character was an American - in the book it was based on she Australian.
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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious [[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious [[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.
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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because oblivious [[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.


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!! Selected filmography

* ''Series/MadMen'' (2007 -- 2015) as Gertrude "Trudy" Campbell
* ''Series/{{Community}}'' (2009 -- 2015) as Annie Edison
* ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'' (2011) as Rebecca Walters
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' (2014) as Unikitty (voice only)
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' (2014 -- present) as Diane Nguyen (voice only)
* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' (2016) as Natasha Romanoff / ComicBook/BlackWidow (voice only)

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like she's in her early twenties when she's really 33.

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** Post-''Community'', Brie has taken a number of sexually provocative film roles in movies such as ''Get Hard'' and ''Sleeping with Other People'', both of which feature Brie in sexy lingerie.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like she's in her early twenties when she's really 33.in her 30s.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like she's in her early twenties when she's really thirty two.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like she's in her early twenties when she's really thirty two.33.
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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess UniKitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess UniKitty Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.
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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty UniKitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.
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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

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'''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter).latter) at the same time. You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.
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Alison Brie (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

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Alison Brie '''Alison Brie''' (born December 29, 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like she's in her early twenties when she's really thirty-one.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: Appears to have developed this kind of relationship with Danny Pudi, whom she has referred to as her "best friend".



* TwoFirstNames: "Brie" is actually her middle name; her last name is Schermerhorn ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced "SKER-mer-horn"]]). She has admitted that her actual surname's frequent mispronunciation [[BerserkButton makes her irritated]].

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* TwoFirstNames: "Brie" is actually her middle name; her last name is Schermerhorn ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced "SKER-mer-horn"]]). She has admitted that her actual surname's frequent mispronunciation [[BerserkButton makes her irritated]].irritated.

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Alison Brie (December 29, 1982-), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

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Alison Brie (December (born December 29, 1982-), 1982), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.



* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: [[Series/MadMen A confident, high-society 1960s advertising executive's wife]] is also a [[Series/{{Community}} neurotic college student]]. ''At the same time''.

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* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: [[Series/MadMen A confident, high-society 1960s advertising executive's wife]] is also a [[Series/{{Community}} neurotic college student]]. ''At the same time''.time.''
* TwoFirstNames: "Brie" is actually her middle name; her last name is Schermerhorn ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced "SKER-mer-horn"]]). She has admitted that her actual surname's frequent mispronunciation [[BerserkButton makes her irritated]].
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* FakeBrit: In ''The Five Year Engagement''.

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* FakeBrit: In ''The Five Year Engagement''.''Film/TheFiveYearEngagement''.

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* FakeBrit: In ''The Five Year Engagement''. She does quite a good accent.

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* TheCutie: A common role for her, although often with [[BewareTheNiceOnes a bit of a dark side]].
* FakeBrit: In ''The Five Year Engagement''. She does quite a good accent.
* MsFanservice: Evolved into MsFanservice in ''Community''. Also wound up featuring in many photospreads, and starred in an online series called ''Hot Sluts''.
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* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: [[Series/MadMen 1960s advertising executive's wife]] is also a [[Series/{{Community}} college student]]. ''At the same time''.

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* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: [[Series/MadMen A confident, high-society 1960s advertising executive's wife]] is also a [[Series/{{Community}} neurotic college student]]. ''At the same time''.
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Alison Brie (December 29, 1982-), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.

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Alison Brie (December 29, 1982-), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in her early 30s in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like she's in her early twenties when she's really thirty.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like she's in her early twenties when she's really thirty.thirty-one.
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Alison Brie (December 29, 1982-), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''TheLEGOMovie''.

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Alison Brie (December 29, 1982-), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in the latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''TheLEGOMovie''.
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Alison Brie (December 29, 1982-), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in the latter).

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Alison Brie (December 29, 1982-), is an American actress best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in the latter).
latter). You may also recognize her voice as Princess Uni-Kitty in ''TheLEGOMovie''.
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* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: [[Series/MadMen 1960s advertising executive's wife]] is also a [[Series/{{Community}} college student]].

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* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: [[Series/MadMen 1960s advertising executive's wife]] is also a [[Series/{{Community}} college student]]. ''At the same time''.
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* {{Adorkable}}



* PuppyDogEyes: Seem to take up half of her face.
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American actress born December 29, 1982, best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in the latter).

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Alison Brie (December 29, 1982-), is an
American actress born December 29, 1982, best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in the latter).
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American actress born December 29, 1982, best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''.

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American actress born December 29, 1982, best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''.
''Series/MadMen''. In so doing, she shows her substantial range, playing characters who are polar opposites of each other (a fragile nerdy teenager/young adult in the former and a reasonably strong-willed--if shielded and at times oblivious[[note]]Because her husband keeps things quiet[[/note]]--sophisticate in the latter).
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American actress born December 29, 1982, best known for roles in ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/MadMen''.

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* ActorSharedBackground: The story of Annie in ''Series/{{Community}}'''s awkward first time with a guy who later turned out to be gay is apparently based on an actual experience Alison Brie had. Annie was also given Brie's Judaism, despite originally being written with an Asian girl in mind.
* {{Adorkable}}
* FakeBrit: In ''The Five Year Engagement''. She does quite a good accent.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like she's in her early twenties when she's really thirty.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Appears to have developed this kind of relationship with Danny Pudi, whom she has referred to as her "best friend".
* PuppyDogEyes: Seem to take up half of her face.
* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: [[Series/MadMen 1960s advertising executive's wife]] is also a [[Series/{{Community}} college student]].
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