Alison Eastwood (born May 22, 1972) is an American film director and actress. She has appeared in several movies, beginning in 1980 with a minor role in ''

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'', which was directed by her father, Clint Eastwood.

Early life

Eastwood was born in 1972 in

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, to fitness instructor Margaret Neville Johnson and actor

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. She has a brother, Kyle, and six known paternal half-siblings, including

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and

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. She attended

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, and

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. She attended

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, but did not graduate.

Career

Eastwood landed some professional acting roles during her childhood and preadolescent years. Her acting in the 1984 thriller ''

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'' earned her a

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nomination. She has also worked as a runway and magazine model in Paris, posing for several European fashion magazines and the American edition of ''

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''. She posed nude in the February 2003 issue of ''

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''. Since then, Eastwood has again appeared onscreen. Film credits include '' Just a Little Harmless Sex'' (1998), ''

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'' (1999), '' Friends & Lovers'' (1999), ''If You Only Knew'' (2000), ''

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'' (2002), ''

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'' (2003), '' I'll Be Seeing You'' (2004), ''One Long Night'' (2007), ''

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'' (2010), and '' The Mule'' (2018). Eastwood made her directorial debut with ''

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'' (2007), starring

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and

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. She has her own clothing line, called the ''Eastwood Ranch Apparel''. She is the founder of the Eastwood Ranch Foundation, a non-profit animal welfare organization. On the small screen, she appeared in the

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TV program ''Animal Intervention''. She has also been featured on the reality TV series ''Chainsaw Gang'' as one of the sculptor's girlfriends. The sculptor is Stacy Poitras, whom she married on March 15, 2013. Eastwood's cover of "

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", which she is shown performing part of in ''

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'', is included on the movie's soundtrack. She directed the romantic drama film ''

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'' (2017), starring

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, and

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Filmography

References

External links

Eastwood Ranch Foundation
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