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Allison Tolman
Biography
Allison Tolman was discovered in Chicago and cast as a series regular on the first season of the hit FX crime dramedy Fargo, co-starring with Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman. For her work on the show, she won the 2014 Critics’ Choice Award and she was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for best supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-series.
Tolman starred in Emergence, a character-driven genre thriller for ABC. She played Jo, a police chief who takes in a young child found at the site of a mysterious accident who turns out to be AI. Previously Tolman played the lead role in the ABC single-camera series Downward Dog, which premiered at Sundance: the only half-hour series to ever premiere at the film festival. She also appears in the Jordan Peele-produced reboot of Twilight Zone for CBS All Access. Other TV credits include recurring roles on Hulu's Castle Rock; HBO's Mosaic (directed by Steven Soderbergh); NBC's Good Girls; Brooklyn Nine Nine; I'm Sorry with Andrea Savage; and FX's Archer.
On the feature side, she appeared in the films Sisters Brothers, with John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix, as well as the indie dramedy FAM-I-LY with Taylor Schilling. Other feature credits include Killing Gunther (with Taran Killam and Arnold Schwarzenegger); The House (with Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell); Fresno (with Natasha Lyonne, Judy Greer and Fred Armisen); Krampus (with Toni Collette and Adam Scott); and The Gift (with Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Joel Edgerton); and the indie comedy The Last Shift starring Richard Jenkins.
Tolman starred in Emergence, a character-driven genre thriller for ABC. She played Jo, a police chief who takes in a young child found at the site of a mysterious accident who turns out to be AI. Previously Tolman played the lead role in the ABC single-camera series Downward Dog, which premiered at Sundance: the only half-hour series to ever premiere at the film festival. She also appears in the Jordan Peele-produced reboot of Twilight Zone for CBS All Access. Other TV credits include recurring roles on Hulu's Castle Rock; HBO's Mosaic (directed by Steven Soderbergh); NBC's Good Girls; Brooklyn Nine Nine; I'm Sorry with Andrea Savage; and FX's Archer.
On the feature side, she appeared in the films Sisters Brothers, with John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix, as well as the indie dramedy FAM-I-LY with Taylor Schilling. Other feature credits include Killing Gunther (with Taran Killam and Arnold Schwarzenegger); The House (with Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell); Fresno (with Natasha Lyonne, Judy Greer and Fred Armisen); Krampus (with Toni Collette and Adam Scott); and The Gift (with Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Joel Edgerton); and the indie comedy The Last Shift starring Richard Jenkins.
