Alison Thornton

Alison Thornton is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Zooey Hernandez Frumpkis in Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and Lydia Spring in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

Alison Thornton
Thornton in 2023
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present

Career

Thornton began performing at the age of five^[1] in dance, singing, piano, and theater at Place des Arts in Coquitlam, British Columbia.^[2][3] In her first television role, she played Angeline Bennett in the Hallmark Channel movie Let It Snow starring Candace Cameron Bure and Alan Thicke. She then played Charlotte Spehn in the movie The Color of Rain with Lacey Chabert. She played Zooey Hernandez Frumpkis for 26 episodes of Bravo's first scripted series, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and Lydia Spring in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, alongside Elijah Wood.^[4] In 2018, she was cast as Bethany Forrest in the independent film The Mental State.^[5]

Initially cast as a guest star for the pilot episode,^[6][7] she was promoted to a series regular role as Tacy Cassidy^[8] in the TV adaptation of the Megan Abbott novel Dare Me.,^[9] which premiered December 29, 2019.^[10]

In addition to acting, Thornton is an avid writer. When she was in the eleventh grade, her class was encouraged to enter their short stories into a writing competition with publication as the prize. Her short story "Five Rings" was selected and appears in The Lost Door. When she moved to LA at 18, she entered her work into a poetry reading session. "His Moon" was selected for publication by Ariel's Dream Literary Journal.

Filmography

Television and film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Let it Snow	Angeline Bennett	Television film
2014	The Color of Rain	Charlotte Spehn	Television film
2014	The 100	Tris	Episode: "The Calm"
2015–2018	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	Zoey Hernandez Frumpkis	Recurring role, 26 episodes
2016	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Lydia Spring	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2017	Supergirl	Young Girl	Episode: "Reign"
2019–2020	Dare Me	Tacy Cassidy	Main role
2021–2023	Nancy Drew	Birdie	Recurring role
2021	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Victoria Warshofsky	Episode: "Nightmares in Drill City"
2022	Run and Gun	Tara	Film
2022	Caught in His Web	Emma	Television film[11]
2023–present	School Spirits	Chloe	Recurring role
2023	The Rookie	Dara Tesca	Episode: "S.T.R"
2023	Quantum Leap	Carrie Baker	Episode: "Closure Encounters"
2023	The Mental State	Bethany Forrest	Film
2023	Girl Gone Bad	Samantha	Main role
2023	Creepshow	Shelby	Episode: "Baby Teeth"
2024	Wild Cards	Brittany	Episode: "Con with the Wind"
TBA	Carrie	Chris Hargensen	In production