Alyson hannigan y alexis denisof biography

American actress and television presenter (born 1974)

Allison Lee Hannigan (born March 24, 1974), 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 filmDate Movie (2006), the slasher filmYou Might Be the Killer (2018), and the superhero filmFlora & Ulysses (2021).

Hannigan got her start in television starring in the short-lived sitcomFree Spirit from 1989 to 1990, for which she earned a Young Artist Award nomination. After several minor roles in television films and other series, she appeared in her breakout role as teenage witch Willow Rosenberg in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, appearing in every episode from 1997 to 2003. Her role on the show was critically acclaimed and won her the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television and a Teen Choice Award. From 2005 to 2014, she starred as Lily Aldrin in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, for which she won two People's Choice Awards. Hannigan hosted the television show Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2016–2023), and provided the voice of Claire Clancy in the Disney Junior animated series Fancy Nancy (2018–2022).

Early life and education

Hannigan was born on March 24, 1974 in Washington, D.C., the only child of Emilie (Posner) Haas, a real-estate agent, and Alan Hannigan, a Teamsters trucker. Her father is of Irish ancestry and her mother is Jewish

Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof have Buffy Summers to thank for their 20-year marriage.

The couple met on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayerin the late '90s— Hannigan famously starred as the witch Willow and Denisof played the watcher Westley Wyndam-Price. Hannigan once said it was “flirtation at first sight.”

Denisof and Hannigan wed in 2003. However, the actress didn't always think she was the marrying type.

“It wasn’t an important thing for me until I met Alexis,” she told Moviehole while promoting American Wedding just before her own nuptials. “I love just exploring us together and I know he’s the one for me. I was just instantly attracted to him and we were friends for a year and a half before we dated, which I recommend."

The pair went on to welcome two children: daughters Satyana Marie and Keeva Jane.

Here’s everything to know about Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof’s relationship.

Hannigan and Denisof met on set

They may have nearly two decades of marriage under their belts, but it wasn’t smooth sailing initially. Speaking with The Sun in April 2012, Hannigan revealed that she tried to pursue a relationship with Denisof when they first crossed paths on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1997, but "he didn't want to date somebody he was working with."

Still, that wouldn't be the end of them. After they "developed a great friendship," Hannigan dated a different person, and it was then that Denisof brought up his feelings.

"He then said he didn’t like that. But when my new relationship ran its course, the whole thing suddenly changed and Alex and I started to really care about each other," she said.

Hannigan and Denisof began dating in 1999.

They got engaged in 2001

Denisof proposed to Hannigan in December 2001, after about two years of dating.

According to the actress, she had an open mind a

American actor

Alexis Denisof (born February 25, 1966) is an American actor, primarily known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-offAngel. He also had a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother. His wife, Alyson Hannigan, starred in both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and How I Met Your Mother.

Early life

Denisof was born in Salisbury, Maryland, the son of Christiana Taylor and Gerald Denisof. He is of Russian, Russian-Jewish, French, and Irish ancestry. He moved to Seattle, Washington, when he was three years old. He attended Highline College, where his mother was head of the drama department. After graduating from St Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire at the age of 17, he moved to London, England, where he lived and worked for several years. Denisof is listed as an Alumnus of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2017-18 'LAMDA Review of the Year'.

Career

Beginning his career in the film industry, Denisof was the fight director for a stage production of Hamlet, and in 1991 was the fight director for the BBC's The Other Side, Romeo and Juliet, and The Soul's Dark Night. His first lead role was alongside Sir Christopher Lee in the feature film Murder Story (1989) where he played an investigative reporter. One of his first known works in television was on the arcade version of the video for "Got My Mind Set On You" by George Harrison. In 1995, he landed a small part in the 1995 film First Knight, appearing as one of Arthur's round table knights in multiple scenes with Sean Connery and Richard Gere. Following those roles, Denisof worked with Sean Bean in three episodes of Sharpe as Lord John Rossendale in 1997.

His best-known character, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, was introduced in 1999 in the third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer