Allison Lee Hannigan, known professionally as
Alyson Hannigan, is an American actress and television presenter. She began her film career with supporting roles in the comedy films
Impure Thoughts (1986) and
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), receiving a Young Artist Award nomination for the latter. In 1999, she began starring in the
American Pie film series as Michelle Flaherty, the films' primary love interest, appearing in every film in the series from 1999 to 2012. For her role in the series, she was nominated for three Teen Choice Awards and won a Young Hollywood Award. She went on to star in the parody film
Date Movie (2006), the slasher film
You Might Be the Killer (2018), and the superhero film
Flora & Ulysses (2021).