Alyson Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C., to Emilie (Posner), a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. She began her acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos. She is a seasoned television actress veteran, guest starring in Un drôle de shérif (1992), Roseanne (1988), Les anges du bonheur (1994) and the The Torkelsons (1991) before starring in her most notorious roles yet in Buffy contre les vampires (1997) as "Willow Rosenberg" and How I Met Your Mother (2005) as "Lily Aldrin."
