Alison Thornton

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Alison Thornton
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
American
Years active2013–present

Alison Grace Thornton is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Zooey Hernandez Frumpkis in Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce , and Lydia Spring in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

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Early life

Alison Grace Thornton was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, [1] Canada to American parents Allen Thornton and Wendy Loken Thornton (both psychology professors), who immigrated to Canada and became citizens. She has an older sister, Emily Marie Thornton.[ citation needed ]

Thornton graduated from Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in 2017 and is currently attending Simon Fraser University. She is fluent in both English and French. She currently lives in Vancouver and Los Angeles.[ citation needed ]

Career

Thornton began performing at the age of five [1] in dance, singing, piano, and theater at Place des Arts in Coquitlam, British Columbia. [2] [3] In her first television role, she played Angeline Bennett in the Hallmark Channel movie Let It Snow starring Candace Cameron Bure and Alan Thicke. She then played Charlotte Spehn in the movie The Color of Rain with Lacey Chabert. She played Zooey Hernandez Frumpkis for 26 episodes of Bravo's first scripted series, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce , and Lydia Spring in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, alongside Elijah Wood. [4] In 2018, she was cast as Bethany Forrest in the independent film The Mental State. [5]

Initially cast as a guest star for the pilot episode, [6] [7] she was promoted to a series regular role as Tacy Cassidy [8] in the TV adaptation of the Megan Abbott novel Dare Me., [9] which premiered December 29, 2019. [10]

In addition to acting, Thornton is an avid writer. When she was in the eleventh grade, her class was encouraged to enter their short stories into a writing competition with publication as the prize. Her short story "Five Rings" was selected and appears in The Lost Door. When she moved to LA at 18, she entered her work into a poetry reading session. "His Moon" was selected for publication by Ariel's Dream Literary Journal.

Filmography

Television and film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Let it SnowAngeline BennettTelevision film
2014The Color of RainCharlotte SpehnTelevision film
2014 The 100 TrisEpisode: "The Calm"
2015–2018 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Zoey Hernandez FrumpkisRecurring role, 26 episodes
2016 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Lydia SpringRecurring role, 7 episodes
2017 Supergirl Young GirlEpisode: "Reign"
2019–2020 Dare Me Tacy CassidyMain role
2021 Nancy Drew BirdieEpisode: "The Beacon of Moonstone Island"
2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Victoria WarshofskyEpisode: "Nightmares in Drill City"
2022Run and GunTaraFilm
2022Caught in His WebEmmaTelevision film [11]
2023 The Rookie Dara TescaEpisode: "S.T.R"
2023 Quantum Leap Carrie BakerEpisode: "Closure Encounters"
2023The Mental StateBethany ForrestFilm
2023Girl Gone BadSamanthaMain Role
2023 Creepshow ShelbyEpisode: "Baby Teeth"

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