Allison Cara Tolman (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress. She played police officer Molly Solverson in the 2014 TV series Fargo. Read full biography of Allison Tolman →
I went to New York for the first time when I was in college for a school trip and, uh, it did not appeal to me. It was too much hustle and bustle.
At 32, I kind of thought I was past the point where I was gonna get a break that really changed my life overnight.
Improv training allows you to get out of your head a little bit and take more risks, which is something I would like to continue to improve upon.
Body-shaming is something I feel really strongly about. I think about my niece, I think about my friends who have daughters being on the Internet and... →
I did a lot of commercial and theater work when I got out of school and was living in Dallas, and I moved to Chicago to go through the Second City... →
I liked in television that you do some work, then you perform, then you stop and you have a break because they have to set up lights, and then you do... →
I moved to Chicago and I did theater, and then I started writing and I stop acting and I did sketch. You know, I did all of the things that, if you... →
I worked for three years in a small IT firm in Chicago. I managed our client base, so I translated into human speak for our technicians. But our... →
I've done some version of that Minnesota accent - that Midwestern accent - in sketch comedy for years. It's the quickest way to symbolize... →
It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my notion of what success meant to evolve... →
My mother has stories of leaving me in the bath as small kid, like a 3-year-old, and there being mirrors on the side, and her going to get a towel... →
The thing about theater that always and still kind of makes me edgy is that you work and work and work and work, and then you're just in... →
When I first got out of school, I went on a children's theater tour, and I went around the country a little bit that fall, and it was the first... →
Allison Cara Tolman (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress. She played police officer Molly Solverson in the 2014 TV series Fargo.