Алисия Витт: Актриса, музыкант и пианистка

American actress and musician (born 1975)

Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American actress, singer and pianist. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in Dune (1984) and Twin Peaks (1990). Witt was a regular on Cybill Shepherd's sitcom Cybill (1995–1998) for four seasons, playing the title character's daughter, Zoe Woodbine. She had a critically acclaimed role as a disturbed teenager in Fun (1994), appeared as a music student in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) and as a terrorized college student in the horror film Urban Legend (1998). She appeared in Vanilla Sky (2001), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Last Holiday (2006) and the thriller 88 Minutes (2007). Witt has made television appearances in The Walking Dead, The Sopranos, Nashville, Two and a Half Men, The Librarians, Friday Night Lights, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Mentalist, Justified, Twin Peaks: The Return, CSI: Miami, and Orange Is the New Black. In addition to her acting, Witt has been described as a musical prodigy;

Witt was born on August 21, 1975 from 1989 to 1996. Witt has a brother, Ian.

Witt's discovery by Lynch led to his casting of the "flame haired" child in Dune (1984), as Paul Atreides's sister Alia; she turned eight during filming. She worked with Lynch again when she appeared in an episode of Twin Peaks, Witt appeared in the role of Amy in the film Peep World (2010). with New York Magazines David Edelstein proclaiming her turn one of the top performances of 2013. She appeared in four Christmas films in 2013: the feature film Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas, A Snow Globe Christmas for the Lifetime Channel and A Very Merry Mix Up for the Hallmark Channel and in 2014, the Hallmark Channel's Christmas at Cartwright's. Also in 2014, Witt appeared in a guest starring role on the DirecTV series, Kingdom, which aired that October. In 2014, in the fifth season of the FX series Justified she played Wendy Crowe, the brightest member of a Floridian crime family that gets entangled in the show's events in Kentucky. In April 2016, Witt appeared in two episodes of The Walking Dead; the same month, it was announced that she would also be reprising her role as Gersten Hayward in the 2017 Twin Peaks series. In 2019, she had a recurring role on the seventh season of Orange Is the New Black as Zelda.

Witt made her stage debut in 2001, at Los Angeles' historic Tiffany Theater, in Robbie Fox's musical The Gift, in which she played a high priced, albeit disease carrying, stripper. While in residence in the UK in 2004, she starred as Evelyn in a stage production of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things at the New Ambassadors Theatre. In September 2006, Witt returned to the London stage at the Royal Court Theatre, in the critically well received Piano/Forte, wherein she was "well cast" in portraying the stammering, emotionally damaged pianist Abigail, sister to "unloved attention seeker" Louise (Kelly Reilly). Witt performed alongside Amber Tamblyn in Neil LaBute's play, Reasons to Be Pretty, at the Geffen Playhouse, which ran until August 31, 2014.

On December 20, 2021, Witt's parents were found dead in their Worcester home. The cause was revealed on February 24, 2022, as "probable cardiac dysrhythmia" due to the cold of their neglected and improperly heated home. In a Facebook post, Witt revealed that her parents were fiercely independent and refused help with home repairs. Witt battled breast cancer in 2021, and has been cancer free since 2022 after undergoing chemotherapy and a mastectomy. In light of her cancer diagnosis and treatment, Witt has quit drinking alcohol.

Year Title Role Notes 1984 Dune Alia Atreides Credited as Alicia Roanne Witt 1991 Liebestraum Girl in Dream 1993 Bodies, Rest & Motion Elizabeth 1994 Fun Bonnie1995 Four Rooms Kiva Segment: "The Missing Ingredient" Mr. Holland's Opus Gertrude Lang 1996 Citizen Ruth Cheryl Stoney 1997 Bongwater Serena 1998 Urban Legend Natalie Simon 1999 Sophy Viner2000 Playing Mona Lisa Claire Goldstein Cecil B. Demented Cherish Gen13 Caitlin Fairchild Voice, direct to video2001 Vanilla Sky Libby Ten Tiny Love Stories Two2002 American Girl Barbie Two Weeks Notice June Carver 2004 Girls' Lunch Short film 2005 Hadley Wolfmeyer 2006 Last Holiday Ms. Burns 2007 88 Minutes Kim Cummings2010 Shelly Short film Peep World Amy2011 Maria Joint Body Michelle Page2012 Cowgirls n' Angels Elaine Clayton Bending the Rules Roslyn Wohl I Do Mya Edwards2013 Weiner Dog Nationals Melanie A Madea Christmas Amber 2014 Lily 2016 Six LA Love Stories Michelle 2017 Denise2018 Mississippi Requiem Minnie Spare Room Ginny 2020 I Care a Lot Dr. Karen Amos Modern Persuasion Wren Cosgrove 2021 Fuzzy Head Mother 2022 Alice Rachel Longlegs Post production