Alison Brie of Netflix's GLOW joins THR's Scott Feinberg on the AwardsChatter. Listen:
Brie, the daughter of an entertainment journalist and an educator, was born and raised in Los Angeles. She wanted to perform from an early age, but not professionally, and remains grateful to this day that her parents afforded her opportunities to act in local theater, but did not push her towards child stardom. She ultimately attended the, graduating in 2005 with a BFA from its acting conservatory and onlyseeking professional work.
For a brief period, Briew worked in the Hollywood area as a receptionist at yoga studios and as a restaurant hostess while taking screen acting classes and doing local theater. In 2006, she landed one of her first prominent acting jobs, on TV's, and then a year later was performing at Ventura's Rubicon Theatre when she got the news that would change the trajectory of her career.
Until 2015, Brie juggled the "two big exciting jobs," sometimes visiting both shows' sets in a single day. "It was very fulfilling to go back and forth," she says. During their offseasons, she pursued film work, which she says "was always important to me, just wanting to build my career." Her film credits include
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