Alicia Witt
Known For: Dune, Longlegs, I Care A Lot, Orange Is the New Black, Two Weeks’ Notice, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Urban Legend, Vanilla Sky, The Walking Dead, Nashville, Twin Peaks, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Exorcist, The Sopranos
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Actor and singer-songwriter Alicia Witt has been acting since the age of 7, when she made her film debut in David Lynch’s sci fi classic Dune. Most recently, she starred opposite Nicholas Cage as ‘Ruth Harker’ in the thriller Longlegs. Additional credits include critically acclaimed festival hit Fuzzy Head (2023); I Care A Lot (2021) on Netflix, starring Rosamund Pike and Dianne Wiest; and as Zelda on the final season of Orange Is the New Black.
Witt’s many films include Two Weeks’ Notice, Last Holiday, The Upside of Anger, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Urban Legend, Four Rooms, 88 Minutes, Vanilla Sky, and Fun, for which she was awarded the Special Jury Recognition Award from the Sundance Film Festival, and an Independent
Spirit Award nomination. TV credits include Paula in Season 6 of AMC’s critically acclaimed series The Walking Dead, ‘Autumn Chase’ in ABC’s Nashville, and Season 3 of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks on Showtime where she reprises her role from the original as ‘Gerstein Hayward’. Other TV includes FOX’s The Exorcist; Law & Order: Criminal Intent; The Mentalist;
Friday Night Lights; The Sopranos; Cybill; and Ally McBeal.
On stage, Witt starred in Neil LaBute’s Tony nominated play Reasons to Be Pretty at the Geffen Playhouse. She also appeared at London’s Royal Court theatre in Terry Johnson’s Piano/Forte and made her West End debut with The Shape of Things. She has performed at Williamstown
Theatre Festival and has made many appearances in the 24-Hour Plays on Broadway and the 24-Hour Musicals off-Broadway.
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