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Alison Oliver (born 3 June 1997, Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish actress, active since 2022. The youngest of three daughters, she was raised in Ballintemple and later Blackrock, Cork, before attending The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a BA in acting in 2020. She landed her debut television role as Frances Flynn in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries Conversations with Friends (2022) the morning after graduating, and was named to Variety's "10 actors to watch" list in 2023. She is best known for Venetia Catton in Saltburn (2023), for which she won the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Film, Trooper Lizzie Stover in HBO's Task (2025, with Mark Ruffalo), for which she won the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Drama, and Isabella Linton in Wuthering Heights (2026, with Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie). On stage she starred in Dancing at Lughnasa at the National Theatre (2023) and The Other Place at the Lyttelton Theatre (2024). She is dating English actor Josh O'Connor. Her filmography spans film, television, and stage across just a handful of years. Notable film credits include Saltburn (2023, with Barry Keoghan and Carey Mulligan), The Order (2024, with Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult), and Christy (2025, as Chloe). On television she has appeared in Conversations with Friends (2022, 12 episodes), Best Interests (2023, as Katie, 4 episodes, with Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen), and Task (2025, 6 episodes). Her in-development projects include Bad Bridgets (directed by Rich Peppiatt), Dennis, and To Make Ends Meat.