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Alison Eastwood (born May 22, 1972) is an American film director, Hollywood actress, fashion model, and fashion designer. She made her directorial debut with Rails & Ties (2007), starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden.

Early life and education

Eastwood was born in Carmel, California, the daughter of swimsuit model Maggie Johnson and movie star and film director Clint Eastwood (and younger sister to Kyle Eastwood). She attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, and Stevenson School in Pebble Beach. Her parents separated when she was three years old. When she was eighteen, in 1990, Eastwood moved to Santa Barbara to study acting at the University of California.

Career

Eastwood landed some professional acting roles during her childhood and preadolescent years. She made her film debut at age seven in Bronco Billy and 1984 movie Tightrope. She has also worked as a runway and magazine model in Paris, posing for several European fashion magazines and Vogue (U.S. edition). Eastwood posed for a cover-featured nude pictorial in the February 2003 issue of Playboy.

More recently, Eastwood has again appeared on screen. Credits include the movie Absolute Power (1997), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Black and White (1998), Breakfast of Champions (1999), Power Play (2002), Poolhall Junkies (2003), and I'll Be Seeing You (2004).

Eastwood was an associate producer for Don't Tell in 2005, and directed her first movie, Rails & Ties, in 2002.

She has her own clothing line, called the Eastwood Ranch.

External links

• Alison Eastwood at the Internet Movie Database