![]() The film also starred Sean Connery as Indy's father Doody has acted alongside three actors (Moore, Connery, and Brosnan) who have portrayed James Bond. She played opposite Pierce Brosnan in the film Taffin (1988) before taking probably her most high-profile part to date, as Austrian Nazi-sympathiser and archaeologist Elsa Schneider in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade playing opposite Harrison Ford. Her first lead role was in a 1988 episode of Jim Henson fantasy series The Storyteller as Sapsorrow, opposite John Hurt, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Another early movie was a small part as IRA member Siobhan Donovan in A Prayer for the Dying (1987), which starred Mickey Rourke.ĭoody had a non-speaking role in the 1987 television adaptation of The Secret Garden appearing as Archibald Craven's wife, Lilias, in his dream. Still only 18 when she appeared in the role, Doody was – and remains – the youngest Bond girl to date. Doody was listed as one of 12 Promising New Actors of 1986 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. ![]() Having come to the attention of the casting director of a new James Bond film, she accepted a small part as Jenny Flex in 1985's A View to a Kill. Doody stringently avoided glamour and nude work, a clause which she extended to her acting career. Doody attended Mount Anville Secondary School.Īpproached by a photographer, Doody took up modeling, which turned into a career in commercial modeling. Her mother, Joan, was a beauty therapist, and her father Patrick, worked in the property business and farmed. ![]() The youngest of three children, Doody was born in Dublin, Ireland. She also played Pam in Beaver Falls (2011–2012). Other roles include Siobhan Donavan in A Prayer for the Dying (1987), Charlotte in Taffin (1988), Rebecca Flannery in Major League II (1994) and Catherine Buxton in RRR (2022). After making her feature film debut as Bond girl Jenny Flex in A View to a Kill (1985), she went on to play Elsa Schneider in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Alison Doody (born November 11, 1966) is an Irish actress and model. ![]()
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