Alison Lohman mini-bio: By age 9, she had a leading role in a production of The Sound of Music and by 11, she had won the Desert Theater League's Most Outstanding Actress in a Musical Award. Although she had appeared in 12 productions by the age of 17, Lohman was not just relying on her acting skills to get by. She was an accomplished singer as well, having joined Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope on stage.
Lohman became known in 2002, after a leading role in the drama White Oleander, and has since starred in several Hollywood films, including Matchstick Men, Big Fish and Flicka. As a senior in hight school, she was an awardee of National Foundation of the Advancement of the Arts and was offered the chance to attend the Tisch School of the Arts, but declined.
A native of Palm Springs, California. She grew up with no showbiz connections but she always wanted to perform. She landed her first professional, theatrical role in The Sound of Music at Palm Desert's McCallum Theater. She won the Desert Theater League award for "Most Outstanding Actress in a Musical" by age 11. She was awardee of the National Foundation of the Advancement of the Arts and declined a scholarship to NYU's Tisch School in order to pursue a film career. She attended a session of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.