Although
she started with 1988's My Stepmother Is an Alien , Alyson became a small-screen
celebrity in 1997 when she began her career as nerd-witch Willow on Joss Whedon's
hugely popular series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer .
Also
fondly remembered for her role as the oversexed band-camp flutist from American
Pie and its pointless sequels, Alyson's work on the Buffy series established her
as the quirky face of the female supporting player in other teen comedies such
as Dead Man on Campus and Boys and Girls .
The
insane amount of cult-love Alyson received as Willow could have paid her rent
forever had the series continued indefinitely, but since the series finale in
May 2003, Alyson's career will continue with the 2003 American Wedding . Her predilection
for cool-geek roles will likely keep her in the teen movie market until she hits
30, when she'll become a perfect candidate for harried-cool-geek business-mom
roles. She's curretnly starring in NBC's hit comedy "How I met your mother"