Alicia Witt
ActingAlso Known As
Alicia Roanne Witt
Biography
Alicia Roanne Witt is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist. "Talking by age two and reading by the age of four", Witt has been described as a child prodigy. Her acting talent was recognized by director David Lynch discovered her when he heard her recite Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet on the television show That's Incredible! at age 5. This led Lynch to cast her in the role of Alia, the "flame-haired" sister of Paul Atreides, in Dune (1984). She turned 8 during filming. He would begin working with her in film and television even before Witt earned her high school equivalency credential (at age 14). She did undergraduate work in piano at Boston University and competed nationally.
Movies
(62 total)
Vanilla Sky
as Libby
Dune
as Alia
I Care a Lot
as Dr. Karen Amos
Four Rooms
as Kiva
Longlegs
as Ruth Harker
Two Weeks Notice
as June Carter
Urban Legend
as Natalie Simon
88 Minutes
as Kim Cummings
Last Holiday
as Ms. Burns
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Gertrude Lang
Cecil B. Demented
as Cherish
The Upside of Anger
as Hadley Wolfmeyer
A Madea Christmas
as Amber
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Kriemhild
Citizen Ruth
as Cheryl Stoney
Cowgirls n' Angels
as Elaine
A Very Merry Mix-Up
as Alice
Alice
as Rachel
Bending The Rules
as D.A. Roslyn Wohl
Christmas at Cartwright's
as Nicky
TV Shows
(29 total)
The Walking Dead
as Paula
Supernatural
as Lily Sunder
The Mentalist
as Rosalind Harker
Two and a Half Men
as Miss Pasternak
The Sopranos
as Amy Safir
Orange Is the New Black
as Zelda
Twin Peaks
as Gersten Hayward
Person of Interest
as Connie Wyler
Elementary
as Dana Powell
CSI: Miami
as Michelle Baldwin
DC's Stargirl
as Maggie (uncredited)
DC's Stargirl
as Maggie
Justified
as Wendy Crowe
The Exorcist
as Nicole
The Librarians
as Lucinda McCabe / Morgan le Fay
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Nola Falacci
Ally McBeal
as Hope Mercey
Friday Night Lights
as Cheryl
House of Lies
as Maya
Jeopardy!
as Self