Lily Aldrin is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by American actress Alyson Hannigan. She is the wife of Marshall Eriksen and the best friend of Robin Scherbatsky. Lily is a kindergarten teacher and amateur painter.
Series creator Thomas explained the series was based on his friends and family, in particular he based Marshall and Lily on himself and his wif...
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Lily Aldrin is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by American actress Alyson Hannigan. She is the wife of Marshall Eriksen and the best friend of Robin Scherbatsky. Lily is a kindergarten teacher and amateur painter.
Series creator Thomas explained the series was based on his friends and family, in particular he based Marshall and Lily on himself and his wife Rebecca. She was a little freaked at the prospect but since she is a big fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer she agreed if Alyson Hannigan could play her. Luckily for the show Hannigan was looking to do more comedy work after having worked on American Pie and was available for the show.
Lily grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She is the granddaughter of a woman named Lois and the daughter of Janice Aldrin, whom Lily describes as a feminist. The creators stated in commentary that there is no evidence to the contrary that Lily's grandfather is...
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