Allison Cara Tolman (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Minnesota police officer Molly Solverson in the first season of the FX black comedy crime series Fargo. For her role, she won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries and received Best Actress nominations at the Emmy Awards and for the Golden Globes. In 2015, she had a supporting role in Michael Dougherty's comedy horror film Krampus. In 2017, Tolman starred in ABC's Downward Dog, based on the Animal Media Group web series, It was canceled after one season. She starred in the ABC drama series Emergence (2019-2020), which was cancelled after one season. In 2021, she starred as Alma Filcott in the second season of the drama series Why Women Kill, and played Natalie Green in The Facts of Life portion of the third edition of Live in Front of a Studio Audience.

Filmography

• St. Denis Medical — Alex Mazurkian
• 2023The Invaders — Executive Producer
• Gaslit — Winnie McLendon
• Minx — Wanda
• 2022Return to Sender — Julia
• 2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes — Natalie Green
• 2020Speed of Life — Young June
• 2020The Last Shift — Evelyn
• Emergence — Jo Evans
• The Twilight Zone — Maura McGill
• Why Women Kill — Alma Fillcot
• Castle Rock — Molly’s Sister
• 2018Family — Cheryl
• Good Girls — Mary Pat
• Mosaic — Amy Lambson
• 2018The Sisters Brothers — Girl Mayfield Saloon
• 2017Barracuda — Merle
• Downward Dog — Nan
• 2017Killing Gunther — Mia Bellakalakova
• 2017The House — Dawn Mayweather
• 2015Addicted to Fresno — Ruby
• 2015Krampus — Linda
• 2015The Gift — Lucy
• Fargo — Molly Solverson
• 2014Hello Ladies: The Movie — Kate
• Review — Marissa
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Olivia Crawford
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Ellen
• The Mindy Project — Abby Berman
• Archer — Edie Poovey (voice)
• American Dad! — Jessica (voice), Noah's Mother (voice), Museum Guest (voice)

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest