BIOGRAPHY
Alisen Down was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada. After graduating high school,
she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles,
California and from there went to England to study with the British American Academy in Oxford.
She then returned to Vancouver and began pursuing her craft professionally and since has had roles on such Television series as
"Cold Squad" for which she won both a Leo and a Gemini award, "The Dead Zone", "Stargate SG-1", and "Smallville",
as well as a two year run on "Mysterious Ways" as "Miranda" for NBC and PAX and a two season run on "Da Vinci's Inquest" as "Maria Donato" for CBC.
She has also starred in two MOWs for CTV: "The Life" and "Tripping the Wire."
She has had leading roles in the independent feature films "Bad Money" and "Late Night Sessions" and the independent short "The Little Things."
Her selected theatre credits include "Hurley Burley" at the Waterfront Theatre in Vancouver
and "Brutality of Fact" and "Rumours", both in Los Angeles. She currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
FEQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS(FAQ)
Full name: Alisen Elizabeth Jean Down
Date of birth: January 3rd, 1976
Place of birth: Surrey, British Columbia
Star Sign: Capricorn
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: currently red
Height: 5'8
Pet(s): 1 dog, Zoe
FAVOURITES:
Color(s): purple, red, blue
City(s): Vancouver, London, Edinburgh
Musical: Blood Brothers
Actors: James Dean, Marlon Brando, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clive Owen, Jason Patric, Billy Crudup, Sean Penn
Actresses: Lauren Bacall, Natalie Wood, Joley Richardson, Robin Wright Penn, Cate Blanchett, Joan Allen, Laura Linney, Kate Winslet
Movies: Flawless, Closer, Rebel Without a Cause, She's So Lovely, The Princess Bride, Narc, Waking the Dead, Moulin Rouge
Director(s): Baz Luhrmann, M. Night Shyamalan, Peter Jackson
TV Show: Three's Company, The Carol Burnett Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Music: Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, old jazz and blues, cheesy 80's
Books: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, Fall on Your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald, Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
Magazine: Vanity Fair
Food: Lindor chocolate, peanut butter cookies
Turn on: honesty
Turn off: self-imposed ignorance
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