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Allison Tolman

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).

Highest rated movies

92% 66% Barracuda
91% 75% The Gift 87% 69% The Sisters Brothers
77% 45% Speed of Life
66% 52% Krampus 64% 37% The Last Shift 46% 28% Killing Gunther 20% 35% The House

Filmography

Movies

Credit
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% 37% The Last Shift Mrs. Kelly (Character) $790.0K 2020
77% 45% Speed of Life Young June (Character) - 2019
87% 69% The Sisters Brothers Girl in Mayfield Saloon (Character) $3.1M 2018
46% 28% Killing Gunther Mia (Character) - 2017
92% 66% Barracuda Merle (Character) - 2017
20% 35% The House Dawn (Character) $25.6M 2017
66% 52% Krampus Linda (Character) $42.7M 2015
91% 75% The Gift Lucy (Character) $43.8M 2015

TV

Credit
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