Biography - Alison is from Dublin. She trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College, Dublin. Her theatre work includes: Terry Johnson's Hysteria for b*spoke theatre company (Project Arts Centre) (for which she was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actress in 2007) ; Tom Murphy's version of The Cherry Orchard, The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Patrick Mason, The Colleen Bawn directed by Conall Morrisson (nominated for Irish Times / ESB Best Supporting Actresss Award ) and Tom Kilroys version of Six Characters in Search of an Author directed by John Crowley (all at the Abbey Theatre). Fay Weldon's adaptation of Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice directed by Alan Stanford, Hugh Leonard's version of Great Expectations and Brian Friel's Aristocrats (all at the Gate Theatre & Aristocrats also in NY ). U.K. theatre includes: The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh) , Mutabilitie by Frank McGuinness directed by Trevor Nunn, Night Of the Iguana by Tennesse Williams directed by Richard Eyre (both at the Royal National Theatre), A Woman of No Importancedirected by Marianne Elliot, The Colleen Bawn directed by Garry Hynes (Manchester Royal Exchange), The Hostage directed by Michael Bogdanov (RSC Barbican), The Norman Conquests by Alan Aykebourne (Basingstoke), The Glass Menagerie directed by David Lan (Watford Palace Theatre) Young Writers Festival directed by Ian Rickson (Royal Court), Hysteria directed by Loveday Ingram ( Minerva Theatre, Chichester). Film and Television includes: The Bill, Pie in the Sky (Linda, 10 eps) , The Ambassador ( Jennifer , 6 eps ) , The Cassidys (6eps) , Fair City , Bossanova Bluesdirected by Kieron J Walsh, The Actors directed by Conor McPherson , The Fifth Province,The American directed by Paul Unwin, When Reason Sleeps, Three Wishes For Jamie and Now I Know. Radio work includes Haunting Women for Radio 4 , and A Midsummers Nights Dream, Loonies , The Funeral, The Importance of Being Earnestfor RTE Radio 1. As co-founder of b*spoke theatre company and Alison has produced their previous productions: Electra, The Drunkard, Boston Marriage, Family Stories, Hysteria and Tejas Verdes.