Alison Folland
About
Biography
Biography
Alison Folland was a ninth grader at a private school near her family's home in Wellesley, MA, when her drama teacher suggested she audition for Gus Van Sant who was casting "To Die For" (1995). Impressing the director, the neophyte won the role of Lydia, the misfit youth who idolizes an ambitious wannabe TV personality (Nicole Kidman) to the point of aiding in the murder of the older woman's husband. The spell between the two women is broken only when Kidman's Suzanne Stone cruelly accuses the younger girl of exhibiting lesbian tendencies. Yet Lydia, however cynically, gains the media attention Suzanne so desperately craved. Folland received positive reviews and reaction to her delicate, nuanced performance. Barbet Schroeder was sufficiently impressed enough to cast her opposite Edward Furlong in a key role in "Before and After" (1996). The stocky actress had her best screen role to date, however, as a shy lesbian with a crush on her best friend in Alex Sichel's "All Over Me" (1997). Folland won critical kudos for her heartfelt depiction of an adolescent coping with conflicting emotions.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Life Events
1995
Made feature film debut in "To Die For"
1996
Continued acting career with "Before and After" for director Barbet Schroeder
1997
Played small role in "Good Will Hunting"
1997
Had leading role in "All Over Me"
1998
Made guest appearance on NBC's "Law & Order"
1999
Had supporting in "Boys Don't Cry"
2005
Cast with Randy Quaid and Bruce Dern in "Milwaukee, Minnesota"
