Editing Alyson Hannigan (section)

==Early life and education==
Hannigan was born on March 24, 1974<ref name=DOB>{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/celebrity/alyson-hannigan-welcomes-a-daughter/ |title=Alyson Hannigan Welcomes a Daughter! |access-date=March 31, 2009 |first=Ulrica |last=Wihlborg |date=March 31, 2009 |magazine=[[People (American magazine)|People]] |archive-date=September 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921203527/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20268972,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Washington, D.C.]], the only child of Emilie (Posner) Haas, a [[real estate broker|real-estate agent]], and Alan Hannigan, a [[Teamsters]] trucker.<ref name=CBS>{{cite web |title=How I Met Your Mother Cast: Alyson Hannigan |publisher=[[CBS]] |url=http://cbs.com/shows/how_i_met_your_mother/cast/61492 |access-date=June 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331180128/http://cbs.com/shows/how_i_met_your_mother/cast/61492 |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=atlanta/> Her father is of [[Irish Americans|Irish ancestry]] and her mother is [[American Jews|Jewish]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.stljewishlight.com/special_sections/ohr_chadash/article_d884ad78-4fa2-11e3-9431-001a4bcf887a.html |title=10 celebrities you didn't know were Jewish |last=Berson |first=Elisabeth |date=November 13, 2013 |newspaper=St. Louis Jewish Light |access-date=May 21, 2018 |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220062437/https://www.stljewishlight.com/special_sections/ohr_chadash/article_d884ad78-4fa2-11e3-9431-001a4bcf887a.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Hollywood_Now_Alyson_Hannigan_Jewish_Male_Actors_Fall_Features.shtml |title=Hollywood Now: Alyson Hannigan, Jewish Male Actors, Fall Feature |date=September 3, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2014 |archive-date=September 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929092831/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Hollywood_Now_Alyson_Hannigan_Jewish_Male_Actors_Fall_Features.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> At age four, Hannigan began appearing in commercials.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/interview-alyson-hannigan-on-american-pie-1-2248522 |title=Interview: Alyson Hannigan on American Pie |newspaper=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |date=April 22, 2012 |access-date=June 12, 2012 |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616143637/http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/interview-alyson-hannigan-on-american-pie-1-2248522 |url-status=live }}</ref> After spending her childhood in her mother's hometown of [[Atlanta, Georgia]], Hannigan moved to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] at age 11 after securing an agent.<ref name="atlanta">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2009/09/21/former-atlantan-alyson-hannigan-interview-for-how-i-met-your-mother |title=Former Atlantan Alyson Hannigan interview for 'How I Met Your Mother' |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |date=September 21, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222132144/http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2009/09/21/former-atlantan-alyson-hannigan-interview-for-how-i-met-your-mother |archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref> As a teenager, Hannigan babysat for the children of her future ''How I Met Your Mother'' co-star, [[Bob Saget]].<ref name="VanityFair">{{cite magazine |first=Norman |last=Roy |title=It's Evening in America |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2012/05/the-tv-issue-photos-portfolio?verso=true |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=April 26, 2012 |access-date=March 30, 2019 |page=158}}</ref>

Living with her mother and attending [[North Hollywood High School]], she successfully auditioned for agents while visiting her father in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]. After high school, she attended [[California State University, Northridge]], where she was a member of the [[Alpha Chi Omega]] sorority and earned a degree in psychology.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://www.superiorpics.com/alyson_hannigan |title=Alyson Hannigan profile |publisher=SuperiorPics.com |access-date=April 18, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alyson Hannigan biography |url=http://www.biography.com/people/alyson-hannigan-17149162 |publisher=[[Biography.com]] |access-date=August 13, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224214/http://www.biography.com/people/alyson-hannigan-17149162 |url-status=live }}</ref>