Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist. She first became famous as a little actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who plays Alia Atreides in his film Dune 1984 and in a guest role in her TV series Twin Peaks (1990) ).
Witt later had a critically acclaimed role as a disturbed teenager in Fun (1994), and emerged as a music student at Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), and as a female college student in the Urban Legend (1998) horror film. He later appeared in Cameron Crowe Vanilla Sky (2001), Last Holiday (2006), and thriller 88 Minutes (2007). Witt has made television appearances on The Walking Dead The Sopranos , Nashville , Two Half Men , Friday Night Lights , Legal & amp; Sequence: Criminal Intense , Cybill , and Justified . In addition to acting, Witt has been described as a musical prodigy, as an accomplished pianist, singer, and songwriter. She released her self-titled debut album in 2009. Witt has also appeared in ten Hallmark Channel movies.
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Witt was born on August 21, 1975, in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Diane (nÃÆ' Â © e Pietro), a junior high school teacher, and Robert Witt, a science teacher and photographer. He has a brother, Ian. "Speaking at age two and reading at the age of four," Witt has been described as a prodigy. His acting talent was acknowledged by director David Lynch in 1980, when he heard him recite Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet on That That Incredible TV show! at the age of five. He will start working with him in movies and television even before Witt earned his high school equivalency credentials (at the age of 14). He undertook undergraduate work at pianos at Boston University and competed nationally.
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Careers
Movies and TV
The discovery of Witt by Lynch led to his casting of the "haired" boy in the movie Dune (1984) as a sister of Paul Atreides, Alia; he was eight years old while filming. She worked with Lynch again when she appeared on the episode of Twin Peaks, playing the younger sister of the character Lara Flynn Boyle, Donna.
This experience caused Witt to have a small part in Mike Figgis Liebestraum (1991), where his elder brother Ian also appeared, drama Gen-X Bodies, Rest & amp; Motion (1993), and the TV movie The Disappearance of Vonnie (1994). In 1994, Witt got his first lead role in a film, played a disturbed teen and killer on Fun, and received a Special Jury Award at the Sundance Festival. Witt was then cast in "desultory" Four Rooms, as Madonna's lover in the episode, "The Missing Ingredient".
Witt was introduced to a larger audience in the role of Cybill Shepherd's daughter, Zoey Woodbine, at Cybill's sitcom . While playing the part, from 1995 to 1998, he also had a film role in Stephen Herek's . Dutch Opus , satin comedy Alexander Payne Citizen Ruth , Robert Allan Ackerman's Passion's Way (based on Edith Wharton's novel The Reef i>), and comedy Richard Sears Bongwater . After the Cybill series was canceled, Witt went on to star in the horror movie Jamie Blanks Urban Legend (alongside "other interesting sparkling stars" Jared Leto, Joshua Jackson and Rebecca Gayheart), and in the limited release animation feature of Kevin Altieri/Touchstone Pictures, GenÃ,¹Ã,³ . In 2000, Witt had starred in the episode of Ally McBeal and The Sopranos, the lead role in Matthew Huffman's comedy Mona Lisa (featuring Mona Lisa) Harvey Fierstein, Elliott Gould, and Marlo Thomas), and an "impressive" piece in John Waters' "hot satirical" Cecil B. Demented .
He then proceeded to a small section in Cameron Crowe Vanilla Sky (2001). Witt plays "Two," the college graduate talking about losing her virginity, in the story of the Ten Little Love Stories by Rodrigo Garcia (a series of 10 monologues, together with those of Radha Mitchell, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Debi Mazar, Elizabeth PeÃÆ'Â ± a, and others), and plays the role of Barbie promiscuous, the half brother of the title character, at American Girl (starring Jena Malone). Witt also appeared in the romantic comedy Marc Lawrence Two Weeks Notice (2002), starring Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock.
In 2003-04, he lived in England, though he plays Joan Allen's daughter in US-based comic drama The Upside of Anger (with Kevin Costner, Keri Russell, Evan Rachel Wood, and others ). Among these two projects, Witt went to South Africa to film the film's interpretation of the epic poem "Das Nibelungenlied", portraying Brunhilde's central character in the German TV movie Kingdom in Twilight (under the title Dark Kingdom: Dragon King in the US, and Nibelungs Ring and Xanten Sword elsewhere).
Witt filmed Last Holiday (2006) and thriller 88 Minutes (2007, along with Al Pacino), and joins the cast of Law & amp; Order: Criminal Intent for the 2007-2008 season. In the latter he played Detective Nola Falacci, a temporary character replacing Megan Wheeler as Chris Noth's partner (if not played by Julianne Nicholson, who went maternity leave), and was a recurring character in the 2007-2008 season. Witt appeared in the role of Amy in the movie Peep World (2010).
Witt appeared as Elaine Clayton's character in Cowgirls n 'Angels (2012), and in 2013 co-starred in the independent film Cold Turkey in the presence of Peter Bogdanovich and Cheryl Hines; there, he also plays original music work on top of the final credits (see below). His dramatic appearance in the film is highly acclaimed, with David Edelstein proclaiming the turn of one of his best performances in 2013. Witt also appeared in four Christmas movies in 2013 : feature films Tyler Perry A Madea Christmas , A Snow Globe Christmas for Lifetime Channel, and A Very Merry Mix-Up for Hallmark Channel, and in 2014 Hallmark Channel Christmas at Cartwright .
Also in 2014, Witt emerged as the main guest star who played a part in the DirecTV Kingdom series, which aired in October. Witt is a regular part of the Justified cast in Season 5, which begins airing in January 2014. In April 2016, Witt appeared in two episodes of The Walking Dead hit series ; in the same month, it was announced that he would also repeat his role as Gersten Hayward in the 2017 series Twin Peaks. Witt filmed the main guest starring in Season 12 of Supernatural as Lily Sunder, a former Castiel enemy, for airing in 2017.
Theater
Witt made his stage debut in 2001, at the historic Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles, in Robbie Fox's musical The Gift, where he plays a costly stripper, despite the pain.
While living in England in 2004, he starred as Evelyn in the production stage of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things at New Ambassadors Theater. In September 2006, Witt returned to the London stage at the Royal Court Theater, at the highly acclaimed [Piano/Forte], where he was "thrown well" in describing the stigmatized and emotionally damaged pioneer. , sister of the "unloved attention seeker" Louise (Kelly Reilly).
Witt performed with Amber Tamblyn in the drama Neil LaBute, Music
In addition to acting, Witt is a professional singer-songwriter and pianist, and is reported to have become a musical wonder. During his work with David Lynch, he supported himself by playing the piano at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
His response to Abigail's 2006 piano/Forte depiction included acknowledging his expertise as an "outstanding pianist" of "tough skills".
In 2009, Witt released an extended self-titled album, followed by Live At Rockwood in 2012 and Revisionary History in 2015. In 2013, Witt and Ben Folds did a song they have written together on the soundtrack for the independent film Cold Turkey.
In 2016, Witt joined ABC players in Nashville in a recurring capacity to play country singer Autumn Chase. Witt did some songs throughout season 4.
In August 2018, Witt released an EP 5 song titled 15,000 Days (a reference to the length of time he lived when he recorded the album) working with the Grammy-winning producer Jacquire King.
Other appearances
On June 14, 2004, Witt copied what was believed to be the most expensive hat ever made, for Christie's auction house in London. The Chapeau d'Amour , designed by Louis Mariette, worth $ 2.7 million (US) and diamond-encrusted.
In September 1990, Witt competed in the Wheel of Fortune.
Movieography
Movies
Television
Credit stages
Accolades
References
External links
- Official website
- Alicia Witt on IMDb
- Alicia Witt at AllMovie
- NPR Interview
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