Alison Routledge

{{Short description|New Zealand actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Alison Routledge

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|4|29|df=y}}

| occupation = Actress

| birth_place = New Zealand

| nationality = New Zealander

| years_active = 1980–2004

}}

Alison Mary Stuart Routledge (born 29 April 1960) is a New Zealand actress, known for her performance as Joanne in the 1985 cult film The Quiet Earth.{{Cite web|title=Alison Routledge|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/alison-routledge|url-status=live|access-date=2020-06-11|website=NZ On Screen|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611171923/https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/alison-routledge |archive-date=11 June 2020 }}{{Cite web|last=Mather|first=Mike|date=2020-03-27|title=The Quiet Earth revisited: Life imitates art of science fiction film partially set in Hamilton|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120583101/the-quiet-earth-revisited-life-imitates-art-of-science-fiction-film-partially-set-in-hamilton|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410151431/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120583101/the-quiet-earth-revisited-life-imitates-art-of-science-fiction-film-partially-set-in-hamilton|archive-date=10 April 2020|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Stuff|language=en}} She has also had roles in the films such as The Returning and Nothing Special.{{Cite web|title=Alison Routledge|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/talents/alison-routledge|access-date=2021-06-03|website=New Zealand Film Commission|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2005|title=NOTHING SPECIAL|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/artist/alison-routledge|url-status=live|access-date=3 June 2021|website=festival-cannes.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301025000/http://www.festival-cannes.com:80/en/artist/alison-routledge |archive-date=1 March 2019 }} Routledge graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1982 with a Diploma in Acting.{{Cite web|title=Graduate|url=https://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/graduate|access-date=2021-08-09|website=toiwhakaari.ac.nz}}