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Alison Brie

Alison Brie

Actor, also producer and writer · Born December 29, 1982 (43) · Hollywood, California, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Golden Globe nominee · 1 other major award body

Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She received recognition for her starring roles as Trudy Campbell in the drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), Annie Edison in the comedy series Community (2009–2015), Diane Nguyen in the animated comedy series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), and as Ruth Wilder in the comedy-drama series GLOW (2017–2019), for which she received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. In addition to her television work, Brie has also starred in films such as Scream 4 (2011); The Five-Year Engagement (2012); The Lego Movie (2014); Get Hard (2015); Sleeping with Other People (2015); How to Be Single (2016); The Little Hours (2017); The Disaster Artist (2017); The Post (2017); Promising Young Woman (2020); Horse Girl (2020), which she also co-wrote and produced; and The Rental (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alison Brie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 29, 1982 (43)
From
Hollywood, California, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer and writer
Titles
49 on MovieCove · 67 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 9% in 30 days

What are Alison Brie's films like?

Across their 38 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
36%
Self
27%
Morality
14%
Survival
8%
Society
8%
Power
4%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds14 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 31 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 4 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 12 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 13 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 9

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 13

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 20 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 19 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

23 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 23 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 23
Ally
7 of 23
Shapeshifter
5 of 23
Trickster
2 of 23
Mentor
1 of 23
Show the 23 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
17
Absurd
14
Joyful
11
Melancholic
11
Bittersweet
10
Other
46

How their films linger

Feel-good18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Alison Brie's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Alison Brie's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

67 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 30 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Revisionist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Elise Keller

  • Masters of the Universe(2026)

    as Evil-Lyn

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Together(2025)

    Producer · as Millie

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Apples Never Fall(2024)

    Show 7 episodes · as Amy Delaney

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows

  • Carol & the End of the World(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Freelance(2023)

    as Claire Wellington

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Krapopolis(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tina (voice)

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Aftershock (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Somebody I Used to Know(2023)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Ally

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Spin Me Round(2022)

    Producer · Writer · as Amber

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Roar(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Rebecca Moss

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Cinema Toast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as Jane

  • Promising Young Woman(2020)

    as Madison

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Happiest Season(2020)

    as Sloane

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Marvel's 616 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • I Can See Your Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Rental(2020)

    as Michelle

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Community Table Read (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Annie Edison

  • Horse Girl(2020)

    Producer · Writer · as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part(2019)

    as Unikitty / Ultrakatty (voice)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Emmet's Holiday Party: A Lego Movie Short(2018)

    as Unikitty (voice)

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Post(2017)

    as Lally Graham

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Little Hours(2017)

    as Sister Alessandra

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • GLOW(2017)

    Show 30 episodes · Director · as Ruth Wilder

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Disaster Artist(2017)

    as Amber

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • A Family Man(2016)

    as Lynn Vogel

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Joshy(2016)

    as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Get a Job(2016)

    as Tanya Sellers

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Six Seasons and a Finale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Thanks · as Self

  • Doctor Thorne(2016)

    Show 3 episodes · as Miss Dunstable

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • How to Be Single(2016)

    as Lucy

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Teachers(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Lark

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Dr. Ken(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Alison Brie

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Sleeping with Other People(2015)

    as Lainey Dalton

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • No Stranger Than Love(2015)

    as Lucy Sherrington

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Get Hard(2015)

    as Alissa

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Search Party(2014)

    as Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Emmet Awards Show! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Unikitty (voice / uncredited / archive footage)

  • BoJack Horseman(2014)

    Show 76 episodes · as Diane Nguyen (voice) · as Diane Nguyen / Diana the Princess of Wales (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Thanks · as Self

  • The Lego Movie(2014)

    as Unikitty (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Rick and Morty(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Planetina (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Misadventures of the Dunderheads(2012)

    as Ella

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Kings of Summer(2013)

    as Heather Toy

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Save the Date(2012)

    as Beth

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Five-Year Engagement(2012)

    as Suzie Barnes

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • NTSF:SD:SUV(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Joanie

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Scream 4(2011)

    as Rebecca Walters

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Raspberry Magic(2010)

    as Ms. Bradlee

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Home Front (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Hannah

  • Community(2009)

    Show 110 episodes · as Annie Edison

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Hot Sluts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 5 episodes · as Amber

  • Community: Webisodes(2009)

    Show as Annie Edison

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Deadliest Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Amber

  • The Coverup(2008)

    as Grace

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Parasomnia(2008)

    as Darcy

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • My Alibi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 19 episodes · as Rebecca Fuller

  • Salvation, Texas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Lisa Salter

  • Born(2007)

    as Mary Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Mad Men(2007)

    Show 36 episodes · as Trudy Campbell

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Hannah Montana(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Nina

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • American Dad!(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Lindsay (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Stolen Poem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Alice

  • I Am a Gigantosaurus, Actually (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Gigantosaurus

  • The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Untitled Alison Brie Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • Untitled Community Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Annie Edison

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 66 titles, 62 of them dated from 2004 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

The Lego Movie (2014)

$471M worldwide

Highest rated

BoJack Horseman (2014)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
20042026

Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 17 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 1 more milestone
  • 2017Golden Globe nomination· GLOW

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting62 of 66: 57 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thDirecting3 of 66: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting4 of 66: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing4 of 66: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleOther crew2 of 66: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

66 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2000s12 · acting2010s31 · 29 acting · 3 crew2020s19 · 18 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 18% of 28 roles
071722

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Screen Actors Guild Award from 9 major nominations, 2009–2020.

WinNomination
  1. 2020
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Comedy Series
  2. 2019
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
  3. 2018
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Comedy Series
  4. 2009
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Alison Brie's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 32; across their 31 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 49 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · actor

The Misadventures of the Dunderheads (2012)

85th percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

BoJack Horseman (2014)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 29 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Alison Brie's work okay for kids?

Across up to 28 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore25 titles14–65 · median 33 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity28 titles23–69 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity26 titles30–81 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs25 titles24–69 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense24 titles11–72 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Alison Brie work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alison Brie's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dave Franco shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles