Alison Wright

Biography

Alison Wright (born July 12, 1976, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England) is an English actress raised by her adoptive parents, who began performing in children's musical theatre at age seven. She made her film debut as Bridget in The Nanny Diaries (2007, with Scarlett Johansson), and her career took off as Martha Hanson on the FX spy drama The Americans (2013–2017, 37 episodes, with Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell), for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2017. On stage she made he…