---
name: "Alison Wright"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alison-wright"
fi1m_id: "alison-wright"
imdb_id: "nm2226071"
tmdb_id: 1257565
wikidata_id: "Q19663904"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 July 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:37:10.656701+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alison Wright

## Identity

Alison Wright

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alison-wright
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alison-wright
- **IMDb ID:** nm2226071
- **TMDB ID:** 1257565
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19663904
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Wright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19663904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2226071/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1257565

Actor. Born 12 July 1976 in Sunderland, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 July 1976, Sunderland, England, UK
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** 艾莉森・萊特, آلیسون رایت
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 91 (1), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $185m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Wright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19663904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2226071/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1257565

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Predator: Badlands*](https://film.one/film/predator-badlands.md) (70)

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## Biography

Alison Wright is an English actress. She was born on 12 July 1976 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. She trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and The Barrow Group in New York City, and began her career with stage work off Broadway.

Wright is best known for playing Martha Hanson in the FX series *The Americans* (2013–2017), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Her other notable roles include Ruth Wardell in *Snowpiercer* (2020–2024), Marjorie in *Sneaky Pete* (2015–2019), Justine in *The Accountant* (2016), and the voice of MU/TH/UR in *Predator: Badlands* (2025). She also voiced Justine in *The Accountant 2* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Predator: Badlands* (2025), Fi1m 70, as MU/TH/UR (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/predator-badlands.md)
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), Fi1m 63, as Ruth Wardell — [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *The Americans* (2013), Fi1m 91, as Martha Hanson — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Predator: Badlands* (2025), as MU/TH/UR (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/predator-badlands.md)
- *The Accountant²* (2025), as Justine (voice)
- *The Madness* (2024), series, as Julia Jayne
- *Physical* (2021), series, as Luanne
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), series, as Ruth Wardell — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *Hollywood* (2020), series, as Ms. Roswell
- *Georgica* (2019), as Sophie · Co-Producer
- *Ask for Jane* (2019), as Ada
- *Castle Rock* (2018), series, as Valerie Blount
- *Active Adults* (2017), as Therapist
- *FEUD* (2017), series, as Pauline Jameson, Pamela Harriman
- *Growing Up Smith* (2017), as Mrs. Reynolds
- *The Accountant* (2016), as Justine
- *Confirmation* (2016), as Virginia Thomas
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, as Marjorie
- *The Americans* (2013), series, as Martha Hanson — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Brijita Holden
- *The Nanny Diaries* (2007), as Bridget

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