Portrait of Alison Sweeney

Acting

Alison Sweeney

Career

Active from 1988 to 2026, with a break from 1990 to 2012, busiest in 2019 and 2023 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
36
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind
Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alison Sweeney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.4, average 4.1
  • Social Commentary
    2.5, average 4.9
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.8
  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Cozy Mystery 16
  • Amateur Sleuth 14
  • Character-Driven 13
  • Lighthearted 6
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Small Town Setting 4
  • Feel-Good Movie 4
  • Small-Town Charm 4
  • Small Town 4
  • Romantic Subplot 4
  • Charming 3
  • Feel-Good 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Cooked to Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Cooked to Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

as Hannah Swensen

2020s

26 titles ยท average score 65
Romance at Hope Ranch
Romance at Hope Ranch (2026)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hope Morgan

Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2026)
GoodWatch score 71

as Hannah Swensen

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2026)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hannah Swensen

Pie To Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Pie To Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hannah Swensen

Love & Jane
Love & Jane (2024)
GoodWatch score 59

as Lilly Thorpe

This Time Each Year
This Time Each Year (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lauren

One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2024)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hannah Swensen

Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2023)
GoodWatch score 53

as Hannah Swensen

The Wedding Veil Legacy
The Wedding Veil Legacy (2022)
GoodWatch score 65

as Tracy

A Magical Christmas Village
A Magical Christmas Village (2022)
GoodWatch score 55

as Summer

Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hannah Swensen

Good Morning Christmas!
Good Morning Christmas! (2020)
GoodWatch score 66

as Melissa Merry

2010s

17 titles ยท average score 64
Time for You to Come Home for Christmas
Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

as Katherine

Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind
Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind (2019)
GoodWatch score 82

as Alex McPherson

Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

as Alex McPherson

Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts
Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts (2017)
GoodWatch score 57

as Hannah Swensen

Christmas at Holly Lodge
Christmas at Holly Lodge (2017)
GoodWatch score 47

as Sophie Bennett

The Irresistible Blueberry Farm
The Irresistible Blueberry Farm (2016)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ellen Branford

Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (2016)
GoodWatch score 61

as Hannah Swensen

Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

as Hannah Swensen

Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery
Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (2015)
GoodWatch score 57

as Hannah Swensen

Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery (2015)
GoodWatch score 56

as Hannah Swensen

Love on the Air
Love on the Air (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sonia Mayerick

Second Chances
Second Chances (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

as Jenny McLean

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 56
Mercy
Mercy (2009)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Becky Sorenson

Rachael Ray
Rachael Ray (2006)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

Las Vegas
Las Vegas (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Caroline Pzarchik

American Dreams
American Dreams (2002)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Miss USA

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (2000)

TV show

1990s

5 titles ยท average score 55
Search Party
Search Party (1999)

TV show

Friends
Friends (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Jessice Ashley

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Taylor Mitchell

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

The End of Innocence
The End of Innocence (1990)
GoodWatch score 46

as Stephanie (12-15 years old)

1980s

6 titles ยท average score 66
Brand New Life
Brand New Life (1989)

TV show ยท as Christy McCray

Family Man
Family Man (1988)

TV show ยท as Rosie Tobin

Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Karen

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Chrissy

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Young Alice (segment 'The Price of Life')

Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon (1981)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

1960s

1 title ยท average score 61
Days of Our Lives
Days of Our Lives (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Sami DiMera / Sami Brady