Trivia

She and her husband David welcomed their first child, a son, Benjamin Edward Sanov on February 25, 2005 at 10:30am. The baby weighed in at seven pounds.

Once suffered from Bulimia.

Speaks Spanish fluently.

Was an evening undergraduate at UCLA, where she took business classes after work.

Took Des jours et des vies (1965) co-star Bryan Dattilo to her senior prom.

Gave birth to her second child, daughter named Megan Hope Sanov, on January 12, 2009.

In addition to swimming and kick-boxing, which her TV-sister Christie Clark also enjoys, Alison loves gymnastics and can do a mean back-handspring. She also loves to garden.

Has participated in marathons and triathlons.

She has several pets even though she has allergies.

She was the champion of the "Daytime Stars" edition of Weakest Link (2001), after competing against fellow Des jours et des vies (1965) and Passions (1999) stars.

Her acting mentors are Deidre Hall and Lauren Koslow.

She loves being recognized by fans for her Histoires de l'autre monde (1983) episodes. Actually, she played a different character (both were named "Karen") in each episode.

Her son Ben doubles as a physical training-partner...sort of. Every morning, she first does push-ups with the baby lying under her...letting her long mane dangle over him. Then Ali does sit-ups with Ben lying on her chest for resistance. After that, she lifts and lowers him overhead to work her triceps. Ali credits Ben with being a terrific motivation.

Release of her book, "All The Days of My Life (So Far)". (2004)

Alison Sweeney won the Viewers Choice award for America's Favorite Villain at the 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards held on May12, 2002.

Growing up, the Sweeney siblings - Ryan, Alison and Sten - had a system for keeping each other "in line": The elder sibling(s) would tell the younger one that s/he (the younger sibling) had been left at the Sweeney home by gangsters; and that if the younger "sib" didn't behave, the elder "sib(s)" would take him/her back to prison. (And it worked, too.)

The second of three children, Alison has an older brother and a younger one.

She's directing an Internet Series called "In Tune". She is working with fellow actresses, Jessica Anderson, Lindsay Gareth, and actors, Jackson Davis, and Darren Meekin. (August 2006)

Plays Samantha (Sami) Gene Brady on the Soap Des jours et des vies (1965). (May 2006)

In Des jours et des vies (1965), Alison Sweeney slaps two times and punches two times Arianne Zucker.

Of Clan Sweeney.

published "The Mommy Diet". (2011)