Real Name : Alicia Roanne Witt
Birth : 21 August 1975, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Height : 5' 8 1/2"
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Alicia made her film debut in 'David Lynch (I)' (qv)'s _Dune (1984)_ (qv) and, by the age of fourteen, received her high school diploma and moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting full time. Once she was in Los Angeles, Lynch cast her in his Emmy Award-winning cult classic television series _"Twin Peaks" (1990)_ (qv) as Gersten Hayward, a part written specifically for her. Following this, Lynch utilized Alicia's talents once again in his HBO trilogy _"Hotel Room" (1993)_ (qv), in which she portrayed a young woman with multiple personality disorder. Alicia appeared in _Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)_ (qv) opposite 'Richard Dreyfuss' (qv) as well as in _Four Rooms (1995)_ (qv) (Miramax/Buena Vista) with 'Tim Roth (I)' (qv), 'Madonna' (qv), and 'Lili Taylor (I)' (qv), which was directed by 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv), 'Allison Anders' (qv), 'Robert Rodriguez (I)' (qv), and 'Alexandre Rockwell' (qv). In 1994, Witt appeared in the critically acclaimed _Fun (1994)_ (qv), which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The film, directed by 'Rafal Zielinski' (qv), depicts two disturbed young girls whose quest for fun leads them to murder. Witt received the Special Jury Recognition Award at Sundance and a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award. Other credits include 'Mike Figgis' (qv)'s _Liebestraum (1991)_ (qv) starring 'Kevin Anderson (I)' (qv), _Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)_ (qv) starring 'Tim Roth (I)' (qv) and 'Bridget Fonda' (qv), and _Bongwater (1997)_ (qv) opposite 'Luke Wilson (I)' (qv). She combined her acting talents with her skills as a classically trained pianist in the romantic comedy _Playing Mona Lisa (2000)_ (qv). For this role, Alicia won a Best Actress Award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Alicia has made guest appearances on the phenomenally successful HBO series _"The Sopranos" (1999)_ (qv) and the Emmy Award-winning _"Ally McBeal" (1997)_ (qv). In 1998, Alicia starred in Columbia Tristar's hit movie _Urban Legend (1998)_ (qv). Witt's home for four years was CBS, where she starred as Zoey, 'Cybill Shepherd' (qv)'s quirky daughter with a dark side, on the sitcom _"Cybill" (1995)_ (qv) (Carsey-Werner). More recently, Witt was in _The Upside of Anger (2005)_ (qv) opposite 'Kevin Costner' (qv) and 'Joan Allen (I)' (qv) and in _Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) (TV)_ (qv), which was shot in South Africa. She was last seen starring in the Warner Bros. romantic comedy _Two Weeks Notice (2002)_ (qv) opposite 'Hugh Grant (I)' (qv) and 'Sandra Bullock' (qv). She was also seen in the 'John Waters (I)' (qv) film _Cecil B. DeMented (2000)_ (qv) starring 'Stephen Dorff' (qv) and 'Melanie Griffith' (qv). Alicia also made a cameo in the independent film _American Girl (2002/I)_ (qv).
Biography written by: Anonymous
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- 88 Minutes (2007) [Kim Cummings] <2>
- American Girl (2002/I) [Barbie] <5>
- Backyard Wedding (2010) (TV) [Kim]
- Blue Smoke (2007) (TV) [Reena Hale] <1>
- Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) [Elizabeth] <5>
- Bongwater (1997) [Serena] <2>
- Cecil B. DeMented (2000) [Cherish] <3>
- Citizen Ruth (1996) [Cheryl Stoney] <20>
- Conflict (2005) [Silky Sanders] <10>
- Creating 'The Upside of Anger' (2005) (V) [Herself]
- Deleted 'Dune' (2006) (V) (uncredited) [Alia]
- Dune (1984) (as Alicia Roanne Witt) [Alia] <21>
- Edgar Floats (2010) (TV) [Sandra] <2>
- Four Rooms (1995) [Kiva (segment "The Missing Ingredient")] <7>
- Fun (1994) [Bonnie] <2>
- Gen 13 (1999) (V) (voice) [Caitlin Fairchild] <1>
- Girls' Lunch (2004)
- Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Joint Body (2011) [Michelle Page]
- Last Holiday (2006) [Ms. Burns] <5>
- Liebestraum (1991) (as Alicia Roanne Witt) [Girl in Dream] <26>
- Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) [Gertrude Lang] <6>
- Peep World (2010) [Amy]
- Playing Mona Lisa (2000) [Claire Goldstein] <1>
- Puppy Love (2008) [Claire]
- Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) (TV) [Kriemhild] <3>
- Ten Tiny Love Stories (2001) <10>
- The 2000 Radio Music Awards (2000) (TV) [Presenter]
- The Disappearance of Vonnie (1994) (TV) [Janine] <6>
- The Pond (2010) [Shelly] <1>
- The Reef (1999) [Sophy Viner] <3>
- The Upside of Anger (2005) [Hadley Wolfmeyer] <5>
- Two Weeks Notice (2002) [June Carver] <3>
- Urban Legend (1998) [Natalie Simon] <2>
- Vanilla Sky (2001) [Libby] <22>
- "Ally McBeal" (1997) {Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost (#3.21)} [Hope Mercey]
- "Ally McBeal" (1997) {Hope and Glory (#3.20)} [Hope Mercey]
- "Current TV" (2005) [Herself (2008)]
- "Cybill" (1995) {A Hell of a Christmas (#3.11)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {A Who's Who for What's His Name (#2.16)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {All of Me (#3.21)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {An Officer and a Thespian (#2.19)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {As the World Turns to Crap (#1.3)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Bachelor Party (#3.13)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Bakersfield (#4.13)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Bringing Home the Bacon (#3.1)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Buffalo Gals (#3.10)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Call Me Irresponsible (#1.6)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Cybill and Maryann Go to Japan (#3.3)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Cybill Discovers the Meaning of Life (#2.1)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Cybill Does Diary (#3.6)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Cybill in the Morning (#4.23)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Cybill Sheridan's Day Off (#4.15)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Cybill with an 'S' (#2.4)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Cybill's Fifteen Minutes (#2.5)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Cybill, Get Your Gun (#3.5)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Daddy (#4.21)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Death and Execs (#1.10)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Don Gianni (#4.22)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Dream Date (#4.19)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Earthquake (#4.6)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Educating Zoey (#2.13)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Farewell, My Sweet (#4.20)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Fine Is Not a Feeling (#4.16)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {From Boca, with Love (#3.20)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Going Out with a Bang (#2.24)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Going to Hell in a Limo: Part 1 (#3.8)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Going to Hell in a Limo: Part 2 (#3.9)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Grandbaby (#4.10)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Halloween (#4.7)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {How Can I Call You My Ex-Husbands If You Won't Go Away? (#1.2)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {How to Get a Head in Show Business (#4.9)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {In Her Dreams (#3.15)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {It's for You, Mrs. Lincoln (#3.4)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Ka-Boom! (#4.24)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Kiss Me, You Fool (#3.17)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Let's Stalk (#3.26)} [Zoey Woodbine] <4>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Like Family (#4.5)} [Zoey Woodbine] <3>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Little Bo Peep (#3.14)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Local Hero (#2.9)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Look Who's Stalking (#1.4)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Lowenstein's Lament (#2.15)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Mother's Day (#3.25)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Mourning Has Broken (#2.11)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Name That Tune (#3.19)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Nice Work If You Can Get It (#2.6)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Oh Brother! (#4.17)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady (#4.14)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Pal Zoey (#2.22)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Regarding Henry (#4.1)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Romancing the Crone (#2.18)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump! (#1.7)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Sex, Drugs and Catholicism (#3.7)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Show Me the Minnie (#4.12)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Since I Lost My Baby (#2.3)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Some Like It Hot (#4.4)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Starting on the Wrong Foot (#1.5)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Big Apple Can Bite Me (#2.12)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Big Sleep-Over (#1.12)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Big, Flouncy Thing (#4.3)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Cheese Stands Alone (#1.13)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Curse of Zoey (#1.8)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Golden Years (#4.11)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Last Temptation of Cybill (#1.11)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Little Drummer Girls (#3.12)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Love of Her Life (#4.2)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Odd Couples (#2.10)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Piano (#3.23)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Replacements (#1.9)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {The Wedding (#3.22)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {There Was an Old Woman (#3.24)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They? (#2.8)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Three Women and a Dummy (#2.23)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {To Sir, with Lust (#2.7)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {True Confessions (#3.18)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Valentine's Day (#3.16)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Venice or Bust (#3.2)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Virgin, Mother, Cheater (#2.20)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Virgin, Mother, Crone (#1.1)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Wedding Bell Blues (#2.17)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {When You're Hot, You're Hot (#2.21)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Where's a Harpoon When You Need One? (#4.8)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Where's Zoey? (#2.14)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Whose Wife Am I, Anyway? (#4.18)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "Cybill" (1995) {Zing! (#2.2)} [Zoey Woodbine] <5>
- "E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {Scream Queens} [Herself]
- "Friday Night Lights" (2006) {A Sort of Homecoming (#4.4)} [Cheryl] <10>
- "Friday Night Lights" (2006) {After the Fall (#4.2)} [Cheryl] <10>
- "Friday Night Lights" (2006) {East of Dillon (#4.1)} [Cheryl] <10>
- "Friday Night Lights" (2006) {I Can't (#4.10)} [Cheryl] <10>
- "Friday Night Lights" (2006) {In the Bag (#4.7)} [Cheryl] <10>
- "Friday Night Lights" (2006) {Injury List (#4.11)} [Cheryl] <10>
- "Friday Night Lights" (2006) {The Son (#4.5)} [Cheryl] <11>
- "Friday Night Lights" (2006) {Toilet Bowl (#4.8)} [Cheryl]
- "HBO First Look" (1992) {The Making of 'Two Weeks Notice' (#9.24)} [Herself]
- "HBO First Look" (1992) {The Upside of Anger (#12.4)} [Herself]
- "Hotel Room" (1993) {Blackout (#1.3)} [Diane] <2>
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2005-04-01)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(1995-11-18)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(1998-09-24)} [Herself]
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(1997-04-21)} [Herself]
- "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) {Courtship (#7.6)} [Detective Nola Falacci] <2>
- "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) {Lonelyville (#7.4)} [Detective Nola Falacci] <2>
- "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) {Offense (#7.8)} [Detective Nola Falacci] <2>
- "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) {Seeds (#7.2)} [Det. Nola Falacci] <2>
- "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) {Senseless (#7.10)} [Detective Nola Falacci] <2>
- "Politically Incorrect" (1994) {(1997-11-18)} [Herself]
- "Politically Incorrect" (1994) {(1998-09-29)} [Herself]
- "Politically Incorrect" (1994) {(2000-11-28)} [Herself]
- "That's Incredible!" (1980) {(#1.1)} [Herself]
- "The Jon Stewart Show" (1993) {(1995-03-29)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#6.87)} [Herself] <3>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(2008-04-24)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2002-12-17)} [Herself]
- "The Mentalist" (2008) {Red John's Footsteps (#1.23)} [Rosalind Harker] <13>
- "The Sopranos" (1999) {D-Girl (#2.7)} [Amy Safir]
- "The Twilight Zone" (2002) {The Executions of Grady Finch (#1.41)} [Liz] <2>
- "The View" (1997) {(2002-12-23)} [Herself]
- "Twin Peaks" (1990) {(#2.1)} [Gersten Hayward] <39>
- "Two and a Half Men" (2003) {A Jock Strap in Hell (#6.5)} [Miss Pasternak] <5>
- "Wainy Days" (2007) {Shelly II (#3.6)} [Laura]
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 19 November 2007, Vol. 55, Iss. 48, pg. 119, by: Megan Walsh-Boyle, "Q&A with Alicia Witt"
- "The Sunday Times: Culture" (UK), 16 May 2004, pg. 8-9, by: Peter Whittle, "Witt and wisdom"
- "Starlog" (USA), February 1985, Vol. 8, Iss. 91, pg. 34-35, by: Paul Mandell, "Alicia Witt: St. Alia of the Knife"
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- "Boston Herald" (USA), 30 December 2004
- "Playboy" (USA), December 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 12, pg. 104-105, by: Robert B. DeSalvo, "A Decade Of Scream Queens"
- "Femme Fatales" (USA), December 1998, Vol. 7, Iss. 7, pg. 8-10, by: Paul Wardle, "Alicia Witt: She's Incensed by the Horror Genre; So Why did the Youthful Actress Bag a Role in a ' Teen Screamer'?"
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- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2002, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pg. 28-31, by: staff, "Bod-A-Bing: Alicia Witt"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. Special, pg. 8, by: Davis Factor, "Maxim Hot 100 2001: #64"
- "Playboy" (USA), April 2001, Vol. 48, Iss. 4, pg. 177, by: James Smeal, "Grapevine: A ouch of Alicia"
- "Movieline" (USA), August 2000, Vol. X!, Iss. 11, pg. 78-83, by: Davis Factor, "The Long, Hot Summer Night"
- "Stuff" (USA), February 2000, Vol. 2, Iss. 6, pg. 104-109, by: Davis Factor, "Stunning Witt"
- "Cinema" (Hungary), August 1999, Iss. 93, pg. 62, "Sikolykirálynõk"
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- "Stuff" (USA), February 2000, Vol. 2, Iss. 6
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- Starred in musical, The Gift, from 15 July 2000 at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles.
- Starred in play, The Shape of Things, from 17 May 2004 at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London.
- (2006) New play "Piano/Forte" at the Royal Court Theatre, London. The play was especially written to feature her piano-playing skill.
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- Has often played the prodigy or gifted child and had her skills as a pianist incorporated into her roles.
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- I like to play any character that allows me the freedom to explore it and teach the audience something they didn't know, and show them a journey they identify with...or be inspired, or moved. Anything that touches someone's heart is important for me.
- In my fantasy I was always the savior. I would come to 'Peanuts' land and save everybody. Charlie Brown would fall madly in love with me. Peppermint Patty was so jealous.
- It occurred to me the other day that I've made out with more people on camera than I have in real life!
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- Used to play the piano at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
- Appeared on _"That's Incredible!" (1980)_ (qv) at the age of four because of her amazing reading skills. She also performed the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet with the host.
- Parents are Robert and Diane. Brother is Ian.
- Was home schooled and received high school diploma at age fourteen.
- Is a classically trained pianist.
- In June 2004, she modeled what is claimed to be the most expensive hat ever made, the US$2,700,000 Chapeau d'Amour by celebrity couture hat designer 'Louis Mariette' (qv), at Christie's in London.
- Her mother is Diane Witt, who was in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1988 to 1996 for having the world's longest hair.
- Her brother 'Ian Rob Witt' (qv) appeared with her in the film _Liebestraum (1991)_ (qv).
- Is also a singer/songwriter who has played shows at venues including Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles and Joe's Pub in New York City.
- Dated 'Peter Krause (I)' (qv) in 1998.
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