Biography
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alison Folland (born August 10, 1978) is an American actress. Folland was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a travel agent mother and a cardiologist father. She grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and attended high school at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts She was nominated in 1997 for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in All Over Me and had supporting roles in films such as To Die For, Good Wi...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Feather Family
2023
Director
A voice-to-text soliloquy. A child tastes loneliness, freedom, power and care via an animal simulator game. Roles are rehearsed and reversed.
Keeping Together in Time
2021
Director
This film is an attempt to define an imaginary word. "Teleomeric" was a word my husband used to use, before he had a stroke and lost his language. Now...
Fruit Hospital, Episode 2
2014
as Nurse Corndog
Doctor Wormhole suspects sinister simian, Harry Mann, of mishandling his favorite fruits. Hysterical Harry is comforted by nice Nurse Corndog, who sug...
Fruit Hospital, Episode 1
2014
as Nurse Corndog
Part 1 in the psychedelic Sci-Fi Soap Opera, Fruit Hospital
Mobile Homes
2013
as Ali
A pregnant sex worker takes her chance to escape when she realizes her son might be taken away from her.
The Fighter
2010
as Laurie Carroll
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turn...
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
as Stage Manager Margaret
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong ...
The Happening
2008
as Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated citie...
I'm Not There
2007
as Grace
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger...
Diggers
2006
as Beth
Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Sho...
Zerophilia
2005
as Janine
Luke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, discovers he's a Zerophiliac, with the ability to change sex at will. Join Luke as he journeys into ...
Stay Until Tomorrow
2004
as Carla
After traveling the world, former teen star Nina (Eleanor Hutchins) decides to end her vagabond lifestyle and crash with childhood friend Jim (Barney ...
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Tuey Stites
Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified automobile suddenly k...
Things Behind the Sun
2001
as Lulu
A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secret...
Finding Forrester
2000
as Jeopardy Contestant
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accide...
Pigeonholed
1999
To the children of the rich, survival is just as difficult as it is for everyone else--but in their own trouble-filled minds, finding a reason to live...
Boys Don't Cry
1999
as Kate
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
Good Will Hunting
1997
as MIT Student
Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-...
All Over Me
1997
as Claude
Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of 90s youth, complete with drugs, li...
Before and After
1996
as Martha Taverner
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
To Die For
1995
as Lydia Mertz
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she make...