I didn't pick it up, but now that I read your post, totally agree.

When I first watched her in Fargo I initially thought, huh, human Dory.

she is bound to be Mama casted.

I was thinking more of Mama Cass.

I agree The cagney and lacey woman

Although not a ringer she did make me think of TYNE DALY.

yes i logged on to see if anyone else saw the resemblance to ellen, they are crazy similar - if you close your eyes they sound identical (on fargo anyway).
they even have some similar features visually.
i had never seen this actress before - but she is amazing - just something really warm and intriguing about her. big fan here.

holy crap..thank u! Katherine Parkinson! I was going nuts trying to think of who Allison reminded me of!

Funny, I thought she looked very familiar too, but I finally realized she reminded me Katherine Parkinson from various British TV shows. Obviously the accent is very different, but something about the face, maybe the eyes, is very similar.

Ellen has talent, she just needed to be packaged properly. As a talk show host she's thriving but she has no connection to Alison.
Alison was wonderful in Fargo, she was The Rock that allowed her fellow actors to thrive. Incredible performance, she can convey so much with just facial expressions. The scene where she stops the Hess brothers from killing each other is absolutely priceless.
Ellen goes Harvey Korman "can I have a little feel" then saves face with style.

The ONLY thing she and Ellen have in common are that they are both females. Suggesting Allison is anything like Ellen is an insult to Allison and her huge talent. Ellen, frankly, has none

They are about as close in comparison as Barbara Streisand and Wesley Snipes. How much China red heroin does one need to shoot between his/her toes to even BEGIN to EVEN think about those two in the same realm? I dunnoanyways she'1908s a great actress and I've just started this series today having watched all of them I'm hooked. Ellen Degeneres? Cancel Christmas

And she actually looks like a woman.

Samupp is a sad troll, who picks fights with girls on IMDB, because if he did it outside the anonymity of the web, he'd get his little bitch ass kicked inside out. Pretty simple really. Ignore him and he'll go scurry back under his rock.

Listen armpitt girl, or whateverit's all true. Nasty is only when Ellen smiles and your naked.

You are a nasty, mean person. Why can't you just disagree without the untrue and mean remarks about Ellen Degeneres?!!

That's a put down! This woman is a real talent, not to be compared in any way to Erin Degenerate.

WHOA!!! I TOTALLY JUST LOGGED IN TO IMDB TO LOOK HER UP, THINKING SHE WAS ELLEN'S SISTER!!!!!!
(ok, I'll turn my caps lock off now)
But yeah, I've been thinking this since the first episode, because she looks like Ellen, sounds like her, and is SPOT ON for the voice of "dory" in the movie "Finding Nemo".
Great observation!!

She reminds me so much of Ellen Degeneres I came here wondering if she was a relation. The voice is uncanny how much she sounds like her but there's also some resemblance.

Funny you say that because she reminds me of Kate McKinnon as Ellen on SNL. I think that's why I can't take her seriously on Fargo.
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I thought the same thing

How would her being a lesbo affect your life in any appreciable way?

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