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.

Career Thornton began performing at the age of five in dance, singing, piano, and theater at Place des Arts in Coquitlam, British Columbia. 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. In 2018, she was cast as Bethany Forrest in the independent film The Mental State.

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

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 rolesYearTitleRole 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 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" 2026 Elle Katie Guest role, 2 episodes. 2026 Carrie Chris Hargensen