Alison Elliott (born May 19, 1970) is an American actress. She was
nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for the 1997 film The Wings
of the Dove. Her other film appearances include The Spitfire Grill
(1996), Birth (2004), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward
Robert Ford (2007) and 20th Century Women (2016).Elliott was born in
San Francisco, California, the daughter of Barbara, a teacher of
nursing, and Bob Elliott, a computer executive. She moved with her
family to Tokyo, Japan when she was 4 years old, and moved back to San
Francisco when she was 8, where she later attended The Urban School of
San Francisco, an independent arts high school.At 14, Elliott began
her modeling career with Ford Models, and in 1989, she moved to Los
Angeles to star as a teen-aged model on the TV sitcom Living Dolls
(1989).Elliott is known for the films The Underneath (1995), The
Spitfire Grill (1996), The Wings of the Dove (1997) (for which she
received a SAG Awards nomination), The Miracle Worker (2000), and
Birth (2004). She also portrayed Virginia "Jinny" St. George in the
BBC production of Edith Wharton's 'The Buccaneers' (1995).
nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for the 1997 film The Wings
of the Dove. Her other film appearances include The Spitfire Grill
(1996), Birth (2004), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward
Robert Ford (2007) and 20th Century Women (2016).Elliott was born in
San Francisco, California, the daughter of Barbara, a teacher of
nursing, and Bob Elliott, a computer executive. She moved with her
family to Tokyo, Japan when she was 4 years old, and moved back to San
Francisco when she was 8, where she later attended The Urban School of
San Francisco, an independent arts high school.At 14, Elliott began
her modeling career with Ford Models, and in 1989, she moved to Los
Angeles to star as a teen-aged model on the TV sitcom Living Dolls
(1989).Elliott is known for the films The Underneath (1995), The
Spitfire Grill (1996), The Wings of the Dove (1997) (for which she
received a SAG Awards nomination), The Miracle Worker (2000), and
Birth (2004). She also portrayed Virginia "Jinny" St. George in the
BBC production of Edith Wharton's 'The Buccaneers' (1995).
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