Allison Tolman
Highest Rated: 92% Barracuda (2017)
Lowest Rated: 20% The House (2017)
Birthday: Nov 18, 1981
Birthplace: Sugarland, Texas, USA
Allison Tolman was an American television actress who rose to prominence for her critically-acclaimed performance as Deputy Molly Solverson on "Fargo" (FX 2014-). She was born on November 18, 1981, the daughter of Davis and Valerie Tolman. Although she was born in Houston, Texas, she and her family moved to England just a few months after her birth and remained there until she was four years-old. Afterwards, the Tolmans moved back to Texas and settled down in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land. After graduating from Clements High School, she enrolled at Baylor University where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatrical performance. After college, she became a darling of the Dallas theater scene as one of the founding members of Second Thought Theatre. In 2006, Tolman landed her first, albeit small, television role in a guest appearance on the serial drama "Prison Break" (Fox 2005-09). However, she relocated to Chicago in the first half of 2009 and was accepted into the famed improv theater Second City's conservatory program. Tolman struggled to find acting jobs, but her luck turned around when the folks from the cable network FX seriously considered an audition tape she submitted. It eventually led to her being cast in 2013 as Deputy Molly Solverson in the new series "Fargo," a television adaptation of the 1996 Coen Brothers film. The show was a critical success and Tolman's performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries at the 2014 Critics Choice Television Awards, as well as her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. After co-starring in psychological thriller "The Gift" (2015) and horror comedy "Krampus" (2015), Tolman returned to TV as the star of melancholy sitcom "Downward Dog" (ABC 2017), which lasted only one season. Tolman next co-starred in the Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler comedy "The House" (2017).
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes | Natalie (Character) | - | 2021 |
64% |
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The Last Shift | Mrs. Kelly (Character) | $790.0K | 2020 |
77% |
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Speed of Life | Young June (Character) | - | 2019 |
87% |
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The Sisters Brothers | Girl in Mayfield Saloon (Character) | $3.1M | 2018 |
46% |
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Killing Gunther | Mia (Character) | - | 2017 |
92% |
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Barracuda | Merle (Character) | - | 2017 |
20% |
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The House | Dawn (Character) | $25.6M | 2017 |
66% |
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Krampus | Linda (Character) | $42.7M | 2015 |
91% |
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The Gift | Lucy (Character) | $43.8M | 2015 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | St. Denis Medical | Alex (Character) | 2024 |
76% | 89% | Why Women Kill | Alma (Character) | 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2017 2019 2021 |
94% | 82% | Emergence | Jo Evans (Character) | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2019 |
86% | 77% | Good Girls | Mary Pat (Guest Star) | 2018-2019 |
67% | 44% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
75% | 84% | I'm Sorry | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 2018 |
63% | 89% | Me, Myself & I | Sarah (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Olivia Crawford (Guest Star) | 2018 |
85% | 92% | Downward Dog | Nan (Character) | 2017 |
67% | 82% | Mad Dogs | Rochelle (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
91% | 84% | Archer | Edie Poovey (Guest Voice) | 2015 |
86% | 83% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
93% | 85% | Fargo | Molly Solverson (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2014 |
61% | 77% | Prison Break | Nurse (Guest Star) | 2006 |