---
name: "Allison Dean"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/allison-dean"
fi1m_id: "allison-dean"
imdb_id: "nm0212695"
tmdb_id: 167736
wikidata_id: "Q83392362"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 September 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:48:24.416964+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."
---

# Allison Dean

## Identity

Allison Dean

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/allison-dean
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** allison-dean
- **IMDb ID:** nm0212695
- **TMDB ID:** 167736
- **Wikidata ID:** Q83392362
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83392362, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/167736

Actor. Born 3 September 1964 in Wichita, Kansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 September 1964, Wichita, Kansas, USA
- **Active:** 1988–1997
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 36 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83392362, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/167736

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Coming to America*](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Allison Dean is an American actress. She made her screen debut as Patrice McDowell in the 1988 comedy film *Coming to America*.

Dean later appeared in films including *Cool as Ice* (1991), *Ruby in Paradise* (1993), *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997) and *Tears of the Sun* (2003). Her television credits include episodes of *Alias* (2002) as Stella Campbell and *Girlfriends* (2006–2007) as Bridget Thompson.

She returned to acting in short films in 2019 and 2021, and appeared in the 2022 television series *Zodiac*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), Fi1m 36, as Marifa — [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), Fi1m 76, as Patrice McDowell — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Laughing Woo Woo* (2023), as San Francisco Passenger
- *Tears of the Sun* (2003), as Rape Victim
- *Alias* (2001), series, as Stella Campbell — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Girlfriends* (2000), series, as Bridget Thompson
- *Incognito* (1999), as Erin Cortland
- *American Intellectuals* (1999), as Beatrice
- *Where's Marlowe?* (1998), as Angela
- *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), as Marifa — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md)
- *Abandoned and Deceived* (1995), Actor
- *Ruby in Paradise* (1993), as Rochelle Bridges
- *The Detectives* (1993), series, as W.P.C.
- *Cool as Ice* (1991), as Princess
- *Coming to America* (1988), as Patrice McDowell — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)

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