Allison Tolman as Molly Solverson | Fargo Year 1 on FX

Allison Tolman

Molly Solverson

A young, smart police deputy in the small town of Bemidji, Molly Solverson was never the kind of cop who desired to land the big case or one day join the FBI. But after a series of murders rattles her town, Molly is determined to find the person behind them, even if it means doing it alone. 

Career Highlights

Born in Sugarland, Texas, Allison Tolman earned a BFA in theatrical performance from Baylor University. After graduation, she moved to Dallas where she helped found and foster the independent ensemble based non-profit Second Thought Theatre while also learning that the whole being an adult thing is like, super hard. 

In 2009, she was accepted into Second City’s Conservatory Training Program and later went on to write and perform sketch and satire with several groups throughout Chicago, most notably the monthly comedy podcast The City Life Supplement

Throughout her career, Tolman has played a veterinary receptionist, personal assistant, children’s theatre teacher, vocal coach, phone sales associate, client services representative, and dog walker - never on film, but in her actual life in order to pay her rent and be able to afford more tank tops from Target than any human actually needs. 

On the small screen, Tolman was most recently seen starring in the LOGO series Sordid Lives: The Series

Tolman currently lives in Chicago with her portly cat named Annie who enjoys staring at her blankly whenever there is a house centipede in the kitchen.

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