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Alyson Lee Hannigan is an American actress who, for Disney, voiced Winter in the Sofia the First episode "Winter's Gift", and appeared in The Torkelsons episodes "The Dance" and "Hot Ticket" as Samantha. She also voices Claire Clancy in Fancy Nancy and played the role of Dr. Ann Possible in Disney Channel's live-action movie Kim Possible. She appeared as a guest in the Earth to Ned episode "Ned Over Heels". Additionally, she played Phyllis Buckman in Flora & Ulysses and Beth in Outmatched.

Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. and began acting at age four by appearing in commercials moving to Hollywood at age eleven. She attended North Hollywood High School, she successfully auditioned for agents while visiting her father in Santa Barbara. After high school, she attended California State University, Northridge, where she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and earned a degree in Psychology.

While appearing in films, like My Stepmother Is an Alien, Beyond the City Limits, Date Movie, Love, Wedding, Marriage, and as Michelle Flaherty in the American Pie film series, Hannigan would gain recognition in television shows, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel as Willow Rosenberg. Coincidentally, she met her future husband, Alexis Denisof, on set. Her other notable role is Lily Aldrin in the CBS television sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Her other television credits include Free Spirit, Roseanne, Touched by an Angel, The Wild Thornberrys, Rugrats, That '70s Show, King of the Hill, Veronica Mars, The Simpsons, American Dad!, and being the host of the television series Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

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