Alison DiLaurentis
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| Alison DiLaurentis | ||
| Pretty Little Liars character | ||
| Alison Lauren DiLaurentis as portrayed by Sasha Pieterse on the television series of the same name. | ||
| First appearance | Pretty Little Liars (2006) | |
| Created by | Sara Shepard | |
| Portrayed by | Sasha Pieterse Isabella Rice (young) | |
| Voiced by | Cassandra Morris (Pretty Little Liars–Wanted) | |
| In-universe information | ||
| Full name | Alison Lauren DiLaurentis | |
| Alias | Novels: "A" Maxine Peptwell Tiffany Day Kyla Kennedy Television: Vivian Darkbloom Marnie Winter Rebecca Kelly Holly Varjak Alison Rollins | |
| Nickname | Ali The Queen of Mean Queen Bee Red Coat The Master Manipulator Master Puppeteer | |
| Occupation | "A" (novel-only) English teacher at Rosewood Day School (television-only) (formerly) Teaching assistant at Beacon Heights University (currently) | |
| Affiliation | The Liars | |
| Family | Novels: Jessica DiLaurentis (mother) Kenneth DiLaurentis (adoptive father) Jason DiLaurentis (maternal half-brother) Courtney Day-DiLaurentis (identical twin sister) Peter Hastings (biological father) Spencer Hastings (paternal half-sister) Melissa Hastings (paternal half-sister) Television: Kenneth DiLaurentis (father) Jessica Drake (mother; deceased) Jason DiLaurentis (maternal half-brother) | |
| Spouse | Television: Archer Dunhill (ex-husband; deceased) Emily Fields (ex-wife) | |
| Significant other | Novels: Nick Maxwell (ex-boyfriend) Television: Ian Thomas (secret date; deceased) Ezra Fitz (dated) Cyrus Petrillo (ex-boyfriend) Gabriel Holbrook (kissed) Lorenzo Calderon (ex-boyfriend) | |
| Children | Television: Grace DiLaurentis-Fields Lily DiLaurentis-Fields | |
| Relatives | Novels: Elizabeth DiLaurentis (paternal aunt) Television: Mary Drake (maternal aunt) Charlotte Drake (maternal cousin/adoptive sister; deceased) Spencer Hastings (maternal cousin) Alex Drake (maternal cousin) Carol Ward (maternal great aunt; deceased) Unnamed grand-mother | |
| Seasons | 1–7 (PLL) 1 (PLL: TP)}} | |
| Education | Rosewood Day School (formerly, graduated) Hollis College (formerly, graduated) | |
Alison Lauren DiLaurentis is a fictional character in the Pretty Little Liars book series, its television adaptation, and the spin-off series Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. The character was created by American author Sara Shepard.
In the beginning of both the books and the television series, Alison is a central character who is shown mostly in flashbacks. The narrative is set when Alison mysteriously disappears and leaves the suburb of Rosewood shocked. Due to her position as a queen bee of Rosewood's social scene, Alison's actions and relations were constantly under scrutiny from the town's citizens. Sasha Pieterse, who portrays Alison on screen, has described the character as an indecisive person, showing herself as a ruthless, manipulative girl. Due to the massive reformulation on the story's timing, pacing and overall narrative for the television adaptation, the on-screen Alison DiLaurentis holds various differences from her literary counterpart, such as the fact that the latter has an identical twin sister, while the former does not.
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Pretty Little Liars is a series of books which revolves around the lives of four teenagers in Rosewood, Pennsylvania whom each struggle with different physical and psychological issues, as well as living in danger because of a dangerous stalker who emerges after the four's best friend and leader Alison DiLaurentis vanishes and is found dead.
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Alison DiLaurentis is introduced as a very popular girl from the suburb of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, and the leader of a clique composed by her, Spencer Hastings, Aria Montgomery, Emily Fields and Hanna Marin. The first minutes of the pilot episode show the five friends reunited in the barn-turned-loft of the Hastings family during a night of summer vacation. In the midst of night, Hanna, Emily and Aria wake up to see Spencer arriving back to the barn after leaving to somewhere. Spencer naively announces that she has heard a scream of Alison, seemingly shaken due to something. Shortly after, Alison is pronounced as a missing person, it's been a while since Alison went missing, and a year later her body is found buried in the backyard of the DiLaurentis' house. During the year that Alison is missing the friends grew apart, but after the introduction of "A" and the return of Aria Montgomery from a year in Iceland with her family, the friends reunite. "A" makes an appearance by sending threatening text messages to the girls and leading them into trouble. During the entire first season, Alison appears in flashbacks. In these flashbacks, Alison is shown as a ruthless, despicable, two-sided teenager who uses the others' secret against themselves.
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| Year | Ceremony | Category | Outcome | Reference(s) |
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| 2011 | ShoWest Awards | Breakthrough Performer of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV: Breakout Actress | Won | |
| 2015 | MTV Fandom Awards | Ship of the Year (shared with Shay Mitchell) | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV: Scene Stealer | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Won | |||
| 2017 | Choice TV Actress: Drama | Nominated | ||
| Choice TV: Ship (shared with Shay Mitchell) | Nominated |
