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{{short description|Irish actress and model (born 1966)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2013}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Alison Doody
| image = Alison Doody 2.jpg
| caption = Doody in 2009
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|03|09}}<ref name=alison>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp7fwdHHmHo/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bp7fwdHHmHo |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=Thank you for your kind thought but my birthday is actually March 9th 😘|last=Doody|first=Alison|website=Instagram.com|access-date=2020-06-05}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actress, model
| yearsactive = 1984–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Gavin O'Reilly]]|25 June 1994|2006|end=div.}}
| domesticpartner = Douglas De Jager<br />(2011–2012; his death) <br /> Tadhg Geary <br /> ({{abbr|e.|Engaged}} 2014; {{abbr|sep.|Separated}} 2015)
| children = 2
}}

'''Alison Doody''' (born 9 March 1966)<ref name=alison/> is an Irish actress and model. After making her feature film debut as [[Bond girl]] Jenny Flex in ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985), she went on to play [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Elsa Schneider|Elsa Schneider]] in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1989). Other roles include Siobhan Donavan in ''[[A Prayer for the Dying]]'' (1987), Charlotte in ''[[Taffin]]'' (1988), Rebecca Flannery in ''[[Major League II]]'' (1994) and Catherine Buxton in [[RRR (film)|''RRR'']] (2022). She also played Pam in ''[[Beaver Falls (TV series)|Beaver Falls]]'' (2011–2012).

==Early life==
The youngest of three children, Doody was born in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. Her mother, Joan, was a beauty therapist, and her father, Patrick, worked in the property business and farmed.<ref>[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-145080956 COOL DOODY. | Article from The Evening Standard (London, England)]{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> Doody attended [[Mount Anville Secondary School]].

==Career==
Approached by a photographer, Doody took up modeling, which turned into a commercial career. Doody avoided glamour and nude work, a point which she extended to her acting career.

Having come to the attention of the casting director of a new ''[[James Bond]]'' film, she accepted a small part as Jenny Flex in 1985's ''[[A View to a Kill]].'' Doody was listed as one of 12 Promising New Actors of 1986 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38. Still only 18 when she appeared in the role, Doody was – and remains – the youngest [[Bond girl]] to date.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/007-irish-connections-3045740.html|title=007 Irish Connections|date=10 March 2012|newspaper=Irish Independent|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802202041/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/007-irish-connections-3045740.html|archive-date=2 August 2012}}</ref> Another early appearance was as IRA member Siobhan Donovan in ''[[A Prayer for the Dying]]'' (1987), which starred [[Mickey Rourke]].

Doody had a non-speaking role in the 1987 television adaptation of ''[[The Secret Garden (1987 film)|The Secret Garden]]'' appearing as Archibald Craven's wife, Lilias, in his dream. Her first lead role was in a 1988 episode of [[Jim Henson]] fantasy series ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]'' as Sapsorrow, opposite [[John Hurt]], [[Dawn French]] and [[Jennifer Saunders]].

She played opposite [[Pierce Brosnan]] in the film ''[[Taffin]]'' (1988) before taking probably her most high-profile part to date, as Austrian [[Nazism|Nazi]]-sympathiser and [[archaeology|archaeologist]] [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Elsa Schneider|Elsa Schneider]] in 1989's ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' playing opposite [[Harrison Ford]]. The film also starred [[Sean Connery]] as Indy's father; Doody has acted alongside three actors (Moore, Connery, and Brosnan) who have portrayed James Bond.

In 1991, Doody co-starred opposite [[Jonathan Pryce]] in mini-series ''[[Selling Hitler]]'', inspired by the publishing fraud known as the [[Hitler Diaries]]. She subsequently relocated to Hollywood.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} Chosen to replace [[Cybill Shepherd]] as spokeswoman for [[L'Oréal]], she went on to play opposite [[Charlie Sheen]] in 1994's ''[[Major League II]]'' as Flannery, his girlfriend and agent.

After almost a decade away from the screen, Doody returned to acting with a small role in 2003 film ''[[The Actors]]'' with [[Michael Caine]], playing herself in an award ceremony scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbizireland.com/news/may02/14-doody01.shtml|title=Alison Doody Making a Comeback...|publisher=showbizireland.com|date=14 May 2002|access-date=18 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080618212423/http://www.showbizireland.com/news/may02/14-doody01.shtml| archive-date= 18 June 2008 | url-status = live}}</ref> She played alongside [[Patrick Swayze]] in the 2004 television film ''[[King Solomon's Mines (2004 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' and also starred in a short called ''Benjamin's Struggle'' (2005),{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} a pamphlet about [[the Holocaust]], and in the TV series ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' (in a two-part episode called "The Fall"). In 2010, Doody shot a part in [[Danny Dyer]]'s film ''The Rapture'' (2010). She later guest starred in [[RTÉ]]'s medical drama ''[[The Clinic (TV series)|The Clinic]]'',{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} and was set to star in a 2011 remake of horror classic ''[[The Asphyx]]'', but the project later stalled.

In 2011, she began the first of two series on E4 comedy-drama ''[[Beaver Falls (TV series)|Beaver Falls]]'', playing Pam Jefferson. In 2014 she appeared in ''[[We Still Kill the Old Way (2014 film)|We Still Kill the Old Way]]''.

On 21 November 2018, she received the "Almería, tierra de cine" award,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/sabores-almeria-01014/noticia-alison-doody-recogera-almeria-tierra-cine-estrella-paseo-fama-miercoles-20181119193617.html |title=Alison Doody recogerá su 'Almería, tierra de cine' y una estrella en el Paseo de la Fama este miércoles |date=19 November 2018 |access-date=23 November 2018 |newspaper=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]] |language=es |location=Almería}}</ref> and she received a star on [[Almeria Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ideal.es/almeria/alison-doody-forma-parte-paseo-fama-almeria-20181121131723-ga.html |title=Alison Doody ya forma parte del paseo de la fama de Almería |date=21 November 2018 |access-date=23 November 2018 |newspaper=[[Ideal (newspaper)|Ideal]] |language=es |publisher=[[Vocento]]}}</ref>

On 20 November 2019 she made her debut in the Indian film industry with the film ''[[RRR (film)|RRR]]''.<ref>{{Cite tweet|title=Welcome to Indian cinema, #AlisonDoody! Had a wonderful time shooting for your first schedule... We are glad to have you play lead antagonist #LADYSCOTT in #RRRMovie! #RRR|number=1197107394058211328|user=RRRMovie|date=20 November 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Doody married [[Gavin O'Reilly]], CEO of the [[Independent News & Media]], on 25 June 1994, at the O'Reilly family residence [[Castlemartin House and Estate|Castlemartin]]. The couple made their home at Bartra House,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2003/03/02/story521590034.asp|title=Rich chase streets of dreams|author=Hughes, Emer|publisher=ThePost.ie|date=2 March 2003|access-date=18 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407055253/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2003/03/02/story521590034.asp|archive-date=7 April 2008|url-status = dead}}</ref> a {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} home overlooking the sea in [[Dalkey]]; at the time of purchase, it was the most expensive house in [[Ireland]].<ref>Leslie, Neil. ''HOUSE THAT FOR pounds 1.9M'', [[Daily Mirror]], 12 October 1996</ref> The marriage produced two daughters. She separated from O'Reilly in 2004, and divorced him in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jan/27/independentnewsmedia|title=O'Reilly junior proves passion for print is in the genes|author=Robinson, James|work=The Guardian|date=27 January 2008|access-date=18 May 2008|location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080416133311/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/27/independentnewsmedia| archive-date= 16 April 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/the-edge-the-beautiful-alison-doody-is-solo-again-31350568.html|title=The Edge: The beautiful Alison Doody is solo again|website=Irish Independent|date=6 July 2015|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2018|reason=The cited source verifies that Doody and O'Reilly separated, but does not establish when the separation began and it makes no mention of a divorce.}}{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

During the 2011 filming of the comedy-drama ''[[Beaver Falls (TV series)|Beaver Falls]]'' in South Africa, Doody met Douglas De Jager, a packaging tycoon from Cape Town. The couple had been keeping their relationship low-key, before De Jager died of a heart attack in July 2012.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 December 2012 |title=Alison Doody heartbroken as her partner dies suddenly while on holidays in Capri |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/alison-doody-heartbroken-as-her-partner-dies-suddenly-while-on-holidays-in-capri-3205015.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821124951/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/alison-doody-heartbroken-as-her-partner-dies-suddenly-while-on-holidays-in-capri-3205015.html |archive-date=August 21, 2012 |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>

She was engaged to businessman Tadhg Geary from 2014 to 2015.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.ie/life/the-edge-the-beautiful-alison-doody-is-solo-again-31350568.html | newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] | title=The beautiful Alison Doody is solo again | date=3 July 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Role(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|References}}
|-
|1985 ||''[[A View to a Kill]]'' || [[Bond girl|Jenny Flex]] || Film Debut ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/view-kill-1985|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712185503/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/view-kill-1985|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2014|title=A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1987 ||''[[A Prayer for the Dying]]'' || Siobhan Donovan || ||
|-
| ''[[The Secret Garden (1987 film)|The Secret Garden]]'' || Mrs. Lilias Craven (dream; cameos) || ||
|-
| 1988 ||''[[Taffin]]'' || Charlotte || ||
|-
|1989 ||''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' || [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Elsa Schneider|Elsa Schneider]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/indiana-jones-last-crusade-cast-now-harrison-ford-more-1167704|title=The Stars of 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade': Where Are They Now?|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=24 May 2019|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 1991 ||''[[Duel of Hearts]]'' || Lady Caroline Faye || ||
|-
| 1992 ||''[[The Three Musketeers in film#Films featuring "descendants" of the Musketeers|Ring of the Musketeers]]'' || [[Athos (character)|Ann-Marie Athos]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994 || ''[[Major League II]]'' || Rebecca Flannery || ||
|-
| ''Temptation'' || Lee Reddick || ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[The Actors]]'' || Herself || ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Benjamin's Struggle'' || Katrina Stockhausen || Short film ||
|-
| 2010 || ''The Rapture'' || Professor Alison Hayes || ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Billy & Chuck'' || Mother || Short film ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[We Still Kill the Old Way (2014 film)|We Still Kill the Old Way]]'' || Susan Taylor || ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/former-bond-girl-alison-doody-is-back-in-new-action-role-30418237.html|title=Former Bond girl Alison Doody is back in new action role|website=Independent.ie|date=2014-07-09|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>
|-
|2016 || ''Brother'' || Grace || || <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/comedy-thriller-starring-alison-doody-at-cork-film-festival-1.2864608|title=Comedy thriller starring Alison Doody at Cork Film Festival|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=11 November 2016|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Division 19]]'' || Neilsen || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harltonempire.com/2019/04/16/review-division-19-starring-alison-doody/|title="Division 19" Starring Alison Doody|website=The Harlton Empire|date=2019-04-16|access-date=2019-11-21|archive-date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507192831/https://harltonempire.com/2019/04/16/review-division-19-starring-alison-doody/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2019 || ''[[The Rising Hawk]]'' || Rada || ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FaL6uHUgp/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B3FaL6uHUgp |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=ADR yesterday on the movie "The Rising Hawk" COMING SOON TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU|website=Instagram|date=2019-10-01|access-date=2019-11-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Muse (2019 film)|Muse]]'' || Grace || ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/film/muse|title=Muse|website=[[Cambridge Film Festival]]|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 ||''[[RRR (film)|RRR]]''|| Lady Catherine Buxton || [[Indian film]]|| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Press Trust of India |title=SS Rajamouli ropes in Olivia Morris Ray Stevenson and Alison Doody for RRR |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/ss-rajamouli-ropes-in-olivia-morris-ray-stevenson-and-alison-doody-for-rrr-1620961-2019-11-20 |access-date=20 November 2019 |work=India Today|date=20 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1985 || ''Deceptions'' || Waitress || Unknown episodes ||
|-
| 1986–1987 || ''[[Howards' Way]]'' || Girl || Unknown episodes ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Queenie (miniseries)|Queenie]]'' || Bully || Episode: #1.1 ||
|-
| 1987 || ''Harry's Kingdom'' || Debbie || TV film ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Campaign'' || Alessandra Castorina || All 6 episodes ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Echoes'' || Caroline Nolan || 3 episodes ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[The StoryTeller (TV series)|The StoryTeller]]'' || rowspan=2|Sapsorrow || Episode: "Sapsorrow" ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' || Episode: "Garbage" ||
|-
| 1989 || ''Women in Tropical Places'' || Celia || TV film ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Selling Hitler]]'' || Gina Heidemann || All 5 episodes ||
|-
|2004
|''[[King Solomon's Mines (2004 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]''
|Elizabeth Maitland
|All 2 episodes
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''
|Katherine Keane
|”The Fall" Episodes 6.5 & 6.6
|
|-
|2009 || ''[[The Clinic (TV series)|The Clinic]]'' || Lucille || 4 episodes ||
|-
|2011–2012 || ''[[Beaver Falls (TV series)|Beaver Falls]]'' || Pamela Jefferson || All 12 episodes ||
|}

===Non-acting television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Wogan]]''
| rowspan="2"|Herself
| Series 9
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''
|
|
|-
| ''[[1st Irish Film & Television Awards]]''
| rowspan="3"|Presenter
|TV special
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[2nd Irish Film & Television Awards]]''
|TV special
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Hollywood Greats]]''
| Series 7 with [[Harrison Ford]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2008
| ''[[American Film Institute|Indy's Women: The American Film Institute Tribute]]''
| Herself
|
|
|-
| ''[[Xposé]]''
|Herself
|Season 3 Episode 16
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)|The Late Late Show]]''
| Herself
|
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[7th Irish Film & Television Awards]]''
| Presenter
|TV special
|
|-
|}

===Documentaries===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Indiana Jones|Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy]]''
| rowspan="2"|Herself
|
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde]]''
|
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0233145}}
* {{Instagram|alison_doody}}

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