Who is Alison Luff? Her Age, Height, Appearance, Spouse, Child

Alison Luff Wiki Bio

American actress and singer Alison Luff was born under the zodiac sign Sagittarius on 20 December 1988, in Spring, Texas USA. She has four acting credits and is perhaps known best for playing one of the main characters, Staci Spade in 16 episodes of the sports series “Heels”, created by Michael Waldron, and which also starred Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig. It follows the lives of two brothers and their rivalry, the series aired from 2021 through 2023 and was nominated for five awards.

Those from California and New York might know Alison better for her stage career; her two most popular roles have been playing Jenna in a Broadway production of “Waitress” and Elphaba in “Wicked”.

Education and early life

Alison was raised in Spring alongside her sister, by their father John Luff who’s a businessman, and mother whose name remains undisclosed and who has a job in the film industry but isn’t an actress; not many other details have been disclosed about Alison’s family because she respects their privacy.

Alison was six when she joined Encore Youth Performers, and it was with the troupe that she honed her dance and singing skills; it was a year later that she started appearing in plays performed at a community theatre, and was just 10 when she became a professional actress.

Alison studied at Klein Collins High School and could’ve been seen appearing in most of the plays performed there; her most notable role was perhaps portraying Eponine in the school’s production of “Les Miserables”, for which she was nominated for a Tommy Tune Award for Best Actress. Alison then appeared in a school’s production of “Lucky Stiff” as Annabel Glick, and she won a Hobby Center Award for Best Actress.

Having saved enough money from acting, upon matriculating in 2007, Alison moved to New York City rather than pursuing a college degree.

TV roles

In 2014, Alison played Fantine in the historical drama “Les Miserables: The Broadway Musical”, directed by Laurence Connor, and which starred Will Swenson, Ramin Karimloo and Caissie Levy; it’s a filmed version of the revived Broadway musical.

The year 2019 saw her play Sam Chapman in the episode “Identity Crisis” of the popular crime action series “FBI”, created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk back in 2018, and which today stars Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki and Jeremy Sisto. It follows the work of the FBI in New York City, and the series has won three of its four award nomination.

Alison’s only other TV credit has been playing Alice Healy in six episodes (2020) of the drama “New Amsterdam”, which aired from 2018 through 2023, and starred Jocko sims, Ryan Eggold and Janet Montgomery. It follows a new medical director as he’s trying to change the system at one of the oldest public hospitals in the USA, and the series won six of the 12 awards for which it was nominated.

Hey, #NewAmsterdam fans, you may remember Alison Luff as Max's love interest Alice. https://t.co/mEjUswQdQT

— Vlada Gelman (@VladaGelman) August 17, 2021

Theatre roles

It was in 2011 that Alison made her Broadway debut, portraying both Sophie and Ali in a production of the jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!”; she left the cast in January 2012 and went on to appear in the Broadway play “Scandalous”, portraying Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson, which had previously been portrayed by American actress Carolee Ann Carmello.

Alison could then have been seen starring as Molly in a Broadway production of the musical “Ghost”, while her character had previously been portrayed by Caissie Levy.

She began portraying Elphaba with the 1st National Tour in the musical “Wicked” on 30 April 2013; her final portrayal of the character was on 20 April 2014, when Alison was replaced by Emma Hunton.

For a year starting on 6 September 2014, Alison portrayed Miss Honey in a Broadway production of “Matilda”; some of her following Broadway roles were in “Breaking Through”, “Les Miserables” and “Escape to Margaritaville”.

Other credits

Some of Alison’s recent talk-show appearances have been in “Voices of Compassion”, “Comic-Con at Home 2021” and “Made in Hollywood”.

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Love life and relationships

Alison rarely talks about her love life in public, but has still allowed her fans a glimpse into it.

It’s widely known that she’s today married to Matthew Magnusson, an American actor and screenwriter with 20 acting credits to his name, probably known best for playing Jason in the 2016 mystery science fiction horror movie “The Dark Tapes”. The two exchanged vows on 12 November 2016, and just recently, on 6 January 2024, Alison gave birth to their son Levi Stone Magnusson. The boy was born via waterbirth and Alison revealed on her Instagram account that he weighed 7lbs (3.2kgs) and was 1ft 8ins (0.5m) tall; she also shared a picture of the newborn.

We don’t know about other men whom Alison’s perhaps dated; she’s married to Matthew Magnusson as of January 2024 and they have a son together.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Alison’s quite active on Instagram and has shared more than 1,700 pictures and videos, while she’s today followed by over 35,000 people; for the past 10 months, she’s been mostly into sharing pictures and videos about her pregnancy, while she’d previously been focused on sharing content which featured her performing on Broadway.

Alison loves to travel; she and her husband have a camper and have been together all around the US.

She’s passionate about music and can play the guitar; one of her most recent Instagram videos features her playing the guitar and singing the song “I Can’t Help It” by Hank Williams.

Alison loves summer as she gets to sun tan at the beach and swim in the ocean.

Anne Hathaway’s one of her favorite actresses, and a couple of Alison’s favorite films are “Les Miserables”, “The Princess Diaries” and “Interstellar”.