History Creator / AlysonHannigan

** Marshall in How I Met Your Mother- "she's all eyes and boobs".
**

** '''Joss Whedon:''' There is nothing more painful in the world than Aly when she makes her big eyes. She makes her big, hurt eyes, there's nothing you can do. She just kills you.

In 2008, Website/TheOnion broke the story, [[http://www.theonion.com/video/fcc-okays-nudity-on-tv-if-its-alyson-hannigan,14215/ "FCC Okays Nudity On TV If It’s Alyson Hannigan"]]. Well, we can hope.

Married to her former ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' co-star Alexis Denisof, and they have two children, Satyana and Keeva (both names from Denisof's Russian heritage), as well as starring on the hit sitcom ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' as Lily. Her daughters seem to have taken up their mother's banner of [[http://jezebel.com/5670690/alyson-hannigans-mini+me-hams-it-up truly ridiculous levels of cute]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Lots of her roles happen to be quirky but adorable girls and women.

* CatSmile: You know that unique way her mouth is shaped when she smiles?

* PuppyDogEyes:
** She can pull off the vulnerable look very well.

** She can pull off the vulnerable look very well, which makes her playing of {{Woobie}}s quite effective.

** She can pull off vulnerable look very well.

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** Only slightly aged since her first [[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=7396 role]] in ''MyStepmotherIsAnAlien.'' (BTW, it was ''her'' stepmother.)

She had small roles in films like ''My Stepmother is an Alien'' (as the daughter) and ''Dead Man on Campus'' before her breakout film role as Michelle Flaherty in ''Film/AmericanPie'', where she shocked everyone with the now-infamous "band camp" line. The world was never the same after that moment. [[CovertPervert It's always the quiet ones.]]

She had small roles in films like ''Film/{{My Stepmother is an Alien}}'' (as the daughter) and ''Dead Man on Campus'' before her breakout film role as Michelle Flaherty in ''Film/AmericanPie'', where she shocked everyone with the now-infamous "band camp" line. The world was never the same after that moment. [[CovertPervert It's always the quiet ones.]]

Married to her former ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' co-star Alexis Denisof, and they have two children, Satyana and Keeva(both names from Denisof's Russian heritage), as well as starring on the hit sitcom ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' as Lily. Her daughters seem to have taken up their mother's banner of [[http://jezebel.com/5670690/alyson-hannigans-mini+me-hams-it-up truly ridiculous levels of cute]].

Married to her former ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' co-star Alexis Denisof, and a mother, as well as starring on the hit sitcom ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' as Lily. Her daughters seem to have taken up their mother's banner of [[http://jezebel.com/5670690/alyson-hannigans-mini+me-hams-it-up truly ridiculous levels of cute]].

'''Allison Lee Hannigan''' (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress, best known as Willow Rosenberg on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and Lily Aldrin on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: She and Alexis, though not in the traditional way. When they co-starred in Season 3 of ''Buffy'', Alyson was dating Music/MarilynManson drummer Ginger Fish. By the time she had a one-shot appearance in the fourth season of ''Angel'', she and Alexis were engaged.
* ThrowItIn:
** Band camp.
** The scene during the credits of the Buffy episode "The Puppet Show", where the characters are performing a disastrous rendition of Oedipus Rex. Willow suddenly running off stage at the end was improvised.

* RomanceOnTheSet: She and Alexis, though not in the traditional way. When they co-starred in Season 3 of ''Buffy'', Alyson was dating MarilynManson drummer Ginger Fish. By the time she had a one-shot appearance in the fourth season of ''Angel'', she and Alexis were engaged.

She had small roles in films like ''{{My Stepmother is an Alien}}'' (as the daughter) and ''Dead Man on Campus'' before her breakout film role as Michelle Flaherty in ''AmericanPie'', where she shocked everyone with the now-infamous "band camp" line. The world was never the same after that moment. [[CovertPervert It's always the quiet ones.]]

--->'''Joss Whedon:''' There is nothing more painful in the world than Aly when she makes her big eyes. She makes her big, hurt eyes, there's nothing you can do. She just kills you.

Born March 24, 1974, best known as Willow Rosenberg on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and Lily Aldrin on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''.

She had small roles in films like ''{{My Stepmother is an Alien}}'' (as the daughter) and ''Dead Man on Campus'' before her breakout film role as Michelle Flaherty in ''AmericanPie'', where she shocked everyone with the line "This one time, at band camp, [[spoiler:I stuck a flute in my pussy]]." The world was never the same after that moment. [[CovertPervert It's always the quiet ones.]]

** Her last scene in ''AmericanPie''. You know the one. The infamous, dirty scene.

** Only slightly aged since her first role [[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=7396]] in ''MyStepmotherIsAnAlien.'' (BTW, it was ''her'' stepmother.)

** Only slightly aged since her first role in ''MyStepmotherIsAnAlien.'' (It was ''her'' stepmother.)

* OlderThanTheyLook: Barely aged between [[http://himym-source.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=78027&fullsize=1 now]] and the [[http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/screencaps/001/jpg0/1X01WTTH0707.jpg first episode]] of ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]''.

* {{Adorkable}}

* TheCutie
* GenkiGirl
* HotMom

* PuppyDogEyes
-->'''Joss Whedon:''' "There is nothing more painful in the world than Aly when she makes her big eyes. She makes her big, hurt eyes, there's nothing you can do. She just kills you."

-->'''Thugboy:''' "This AlysonHannigan is a ''menace''."

* ThrowItIn: Her last scene in ''AmericanPie''. You know the one.
** Also the scene during the credits of the Buffy episode "The Puppet Show", where the characters are performing a disastrous rendition of Oedipus Rex. Willow suddenly running off stage at the end was improvised.

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* TearJerker: JossWhedon has stated that any time he wants the audience to cry, all he has to do [[BreakTheCutie is have]] AlysonHannigan cry.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Barely aged between [[http://www.spoilertv.co.uk/images/cache/how-i-met-your-mother/Season%208/Promotional%20Episode%20Photos/Episode%208.04%20-%20Who%20Wants%20to%20Be%20a%20Godparent/HOW-I-MET-YOUR-MOTHER-Season-8-Episode-4-Who-Wants-to-Be-a-Godparent-4_FULL.jpg now]] and the [[http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/screencaps/001/jpg0/1X01WTTH0707.jpg first episode]] of ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]''.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Barely aged between now and the first episode of Buffy.