Alison Eastwood

Alison Eastwood (born May 22, 1972) is an American film director and actress.

Alison Eastwood
Eastwood in 2012.
Born (1972-05-22) May 22, 1972
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
Spouses
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(m. 1999; div. 2000)​
    Stacy Poitras
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    (m. 2013)​
    Parent
    RelativesKyle Eastwood (brother)
    Scott Eastwood (half-brother)
    Francesca Eastwood (half-sister)

    Early life

    Eastwood was born on May 22, 1972, in Santa Monica, California to Margaret Neville Johnson and Clint Eastwood.[1] She has a brother, Kyle, and six known paternal half-siblings: Laurie, Kimber, Scott, Kathryn, Francesca, and Morgan.[2]

    Eastwood attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, and Stevenson School in Pebble Beach. She attended UC Santa Barbara but did not graduate.[3]

    Career

    Eastwood landed some professional acting roles during her childhood and preadolescent years, making an uncredited movie debut at the age of seven in Bronco Billy (1980). Her acting in the 1984 thriller Tightrope earned her a Young Artist Award nomination. She has also worked as a runway and magazine model in Paris, posing for several European fashion magazines and Vogue (U.S. edition). She posed nude in the February 2003 issue of Playboy.[4]

    Since then, Eastwood has again appeared onscreen. Her film credits include “Art Student” in her father’s film Absolute Power (1997), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Just a Little Harmless Sex (1998), Black and White (1999), Friends & Lovers (1999), If You Only Knew (2000), Power Play (2002), Poolhall Junkies (2003), I'll Be Seeing You (2004), Once Fallen (2010), and The Mule (2018).

    Eastwood made her directorial debut with Rails & Ties (2007), starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden.[5]

    She has her own clothing line, called the Eastwood Ranch Apparel.[6] She is the founder of the Eastwood Ranch Foundation, a non-profit animal welfare organization.[6]

    On the small screen, she appeared in the Nat Geo Wild TV program Animal Intervention. She has also been featured on the reality TV series Chainsaw Gang as one of the sculptor's girlfriends. The sculptor is Stacy Poitras, whom she married on March 15, 2013.[7]

    Eastwood's cover of "Come Rain or Come Shine", which she is shown performing part of in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, is included on the movie's soundtrack.[8]

    Eastwood directed the romantic drama film Battlecreek (2017), starring Bill Skarsgård, Paula Malcomson, and Claire van der Boom.

    Filmography
    Year Title Role Notes
    1980 Bronco Billy Child at orphanage Uncredited
    1980 Any Which Way You Can Kid Uncredited
    1984 Tightrope Amanda Block
    1997 Absolute Power Art Student Uncredited
    1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Mandy Nicholls
    1998 Just a Little Harmless Sex Laura
    1998 Suicide, the Comedy Amanda
    1999 Breakfast of Champions Maria Maritimo
    1999 Friends & Lovers Lisa
    1999 Black and White Lynn Dombrowsky TV film
    2000 The Spring Sophie Weston TV film
    2000 If You Only Knew Samantha
    2002 Poolhall Junkies Tara
    2002 The Bend Sue Morris Short
    2002 Power Play Gabriella St. John
    2004 I'll Be Seeing You Patricia Collins TV film
    2004 They Are Among Us Finley TV film
    2005 Flatbush Shellman Short
    2005 The Lost Angel Detective Billie Palmer
    2005 Don't Tell Raphael
    2006 Lesser Evil Karen Max TV film
    2006 How to Go Out on a Date in Queens Karen
    2006 Waitin' to Live Harriett Williams
    2007 Rails & Ties — Director
    2007 One Long Night Wendy
    2010 Once Fallen Kat
    2011 Henry Laura Short
    2012 Animal Intervention Herself Docoseries
    2013 Shadow People Sophie Lacombe
    2014 Finding Harmony Sam Colter
    2014 C.R.U. Allison Doyle-Ewansiha
    2015 Unity[9] Narrator Documentary
    2017 Battlecreek — Director
    2018 The Mule Iris

    References
    1. Schickel, Richard (1996). Clint Eastwood: A Biography. Knopf Doubleday. p. 286. ISBN 0679749918.
    2. "Clint Eastwood's 8 Children: Everything to Know". People. August 8, 2023.
    3. Patrick McGilligan (2002). Clint: The Life and Legend. St. Martin's Press. p. 455. ISBN 0312290322.
    4. Playboy Magazine ~ February 2003 (Alison Eastwood). Retrieved July 23, 2020.
    5. Eastwood's tip to daughter: take your vitamins from Reuters, September 16, 2007.
    6. "Alison Eastwood: Finding Forever Homes Beyond Hollywood". Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
    7. "Alison Eastwood Is Engaged". People.com. December 3, 2012.
    8. Matthew Robinson (November 18, 1997). "Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
    9. Dave McNary (April 22, 2015). "Documentary 'Unity' Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
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