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Alison Wright (other)
Alison Wright (born 1976) is English actress. Alison Wright may also refer to: * Alison Wright (photojournalist) (born 1961), American photojournalist and writer * Alison Wright (cyclist) (born 1980), Australian cyclist * Alison Wright (athlete) (born 1949), New Zealand middle-distance runner {{hndis, Wright, Alison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Wright
Alison Wright (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. She is best known for her starring role as Martha Hanson on the FX period spy drama series ''The Americans'' (2013–2017), for which she received critical acclaim and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2017. Wright's other notable roles were as Marjorie in the Amazon Prime Video crime drama series ''Sneaky Pete'' (2015–2019), as Pauline Jameson in the FX docudrama series '' Feud'' (2017), and as Ruth Wardell in the TNT dystopian thriller series ''Snowpiercer'' (2020–present). She also appeared in various films, including ''The Nanny Diaries'' (2007), '' The Accountant'' (2016), and '' Ask for Jane'' (2018). Early life Wright was born on 12 July 1976, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, where she was raised by her adoptive parents. She began dancing and acting at a young age. Wright studied at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and The Barrow Group in New York City. She worked as a waitr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Wright (photojournalist)
Alison Wright was a documentary photographer, author and public speaker. Wright travelled the globe documenting endangered cultures, people and issues concerning the human condition. She twice received a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award from the Society of American Travel Writers and became a Dorothea Lange Fellow in Documentary Photography at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993. In January 2000, Wright was nearly killed in an accident in Laos, when the bus she was riding was hit by a logging truck. Her story of survival has been featured in ''Outside'' magazine, ''National Geographic Adventure'', and ''Yoga Journal'', and is documented in her memoir, ''Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival''. After graduating from Watchung Hills Regional High School, Wright studied photojournalism as an undergraduate at Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Wright (cyclist)
Alison Wright (born 2 February 1980) is a track and road cyclist from Australia. She represented her nation at 2002 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the 3000m Individual Pursuit. She also rode at the 1999, 2002 and 2004 UCI Road World Championships The 2004 UCI Road World Championships took place in Verona, Italy, between 27 September and 3 October 2004. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women. Events summary {{ .... References External links profile at ''Procyclingstats.com'' 1980 births Australian female cyclists Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |