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Biography

Early life

Witt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Diane, a junior high school reading teacher, and Robert Witt, a science teacher and photographer.^[1] She has a brother, Ian. Witt was discovered by David Lynch when she appeared on the television show That's Incredible! in 1980; she had recited Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He cast her in the movie Dune (1984), where she played Paul Atreides' young sister Alia Atreides. Afterwards, she left Hollywood to concentrate on her studies and music. She was home schooled by her parents. She studied piano at Boston University and won several national and international classical piano competitions, including the "Bartok-Kabalevsky International Piano Competition". Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Worcester County Settled 1673 Incorporated 1684 Government  - Type Council-manager also known as Plan E  - City Manager Michael V. OBrien  - Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes  - City Council Dennis L. Irish Michael C. Perotto Joseph M. Petty Gary Rosen Kathleen... This article is about the U.S. State. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... For other persons named David Lynch, see David Lynch (disambiguation). ... Thats Incredible! was a television show that ran on the ABC television network from 1980 to 1984 in the USA. In the tradition of Ripleys Believe It or Not and Real People, this television show had people perform stunts or descriptions and reenactments of allegedly paranormal events. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. ... Paul Atreides, as portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan in David Lynchs Dune (1985), wielding the infamous Weirding Module. Paul Orestes Atreides is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Alia Atreides, portrayed by Daniela Amavia in the Children of Dune miniseries. ... Homeschooling – also called home education or home school – is the education of children at home, typically by parents or guardians, rather than in a public or private school. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ...

At age fourteen, Witt earned her high school diploma. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Hollywood with her mother (who was noted from 1988-93 in the Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest hair; it is not known for sure if Diane still has her record breaking hair) to pursue a career as a full-time actress. Soon, David Lynch, to whom she refers as a mentor, created the role of Gersten Hayward especially for her in his successful series Twin Peaks. He cast her again in Blackout, a segment in his short-lived HBO series Hotel Room. That was the last collaboration between the two for a while. Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ... Mentoring refers to a developmental relationship between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner referred to as a mentee or protégé. Usually - but not necessarily - the mentor/protégé pair will be of the same sex. ... Gersten Hayward (played by Alicia Witt) is a fictional character on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks. ... For the hills in San Francisco, see Twin Peaks, San Francisco, California. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Hotel Room was a three episode 1993 HBO TV-Series produced by David Lynch (who directed two of them). ...

Adult career

During this time, Witt supported herself by playing piano at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. She went on to play small parts in Mike Figgis' Liebestraum (in which her brother Ian also appears), the Gen-X drama Bodies, Rest & Motion and the TV movie The Disappearance of Vonnie. In 1994, Witt landed her first lead role in a film, playing a disturbed teenager named Bonnie in Fun. She received the Special Jury Recognition Award at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for Best Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards. This performance made Madonna want Witt to be cast as her witch-lover in the first segment The missing ingredient of Four Rooms. Liebestraum is a 1991 movie directed by Mike Figgis, with Kim Novak, Bill Pullman and Alicia Witt. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Four Rooms is a 1995 anthology film telling four stories set in a Los Angeles hotel on New Years Eve. ...

Witt was introduced to a larger audience playing the role of Zoey Woodbine, daughter of actress Cybill Shepherd's character in the sitcom Cybill from 1995 to 1998. Between seasons she starred in films: Mr. Holland's Opus, Alexander Payne's abortion comedy Citizen Ruth, Passion's Way and Bongwater. After Cybill was cancelled, Witt received a leading role in the Scream-ish campus-horror Urban Legend and the animated feature Gen¹³ which was never released because the studio stopped funding before the completion of the movie. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Cybill was an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring actress Cybill Shepherd in the lead role. ... Mr. ... Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an Academy Award winning American film director and screenwriter. ... Citizen Ruth is a 1996 film that tells a story of a poor, irresponsible, and pregnant woman who unexpectedly attracts attention from those involved in the debate about the morality and legality of abortion. ... Bongwater is a 1998 comedy film that is set in Portland, Oregon and stars Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy, Jack Black, Andy Dick, Jeremy Sisto, Jamie Kennedy and Scott Caan. ... Urban Legend (1998) is a thriller movie starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Robert Englund, Tara Reid, Joshua Jackson, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Michael Rosenbaum, Danielle Harris, John Neville, and Loretta Devine. ... Gen¹³ is a fictional superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ...

In 2000, Witt had starring roles on the television shows Ally McBeal and The Sopranos; the lead role in the comedy Playing Mona Lisa, an instant-classic turn as an anal porn star in John Waters' Cecil B. Demented, and her stage debut in Robbie Fox's musical The Gift at the now-closed Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles, in which she played a high-priced stripper with a disease. In the years following, Witt's acting career slowed down. She had a small part in Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky, which was intended as a reference to her roles in Dune and Liebestraum. She also played a college graduate who discussed losing her virginity in the experimental Ten Tiny Love Stories and the trailer-trash girl Barbie in American Girl, which was released to video in 2005. For the character, see Ally McBeal (character). ... This article is about the television series. ... John Waters (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, personality, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. ... Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 cult film directed by John Waters. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award winning American writer and film director. ... Vanilla Sky is a 2001 film which has been variously characterized by published film critics as an odd mixture of science fiction, romance, and reality warp [2], part Beautiful People fantasy, part New Age investigation of the Great Beyond[3] a love story, a struggle for the soul, or an... Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. ... Liebestraum means love dream in German. ... Tagline: Cast External links American Girl at the Internet Movie Database Categories: 2002 films ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She appeared in the 2002 romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice. In 2003 and 2004, she turned her back on Hollywood and lived primarily in the UK filming The Upside of Anger opposite Kevin Costner; and she starred as Evelyn in a stage-production of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things. Between the two projects, she went to South Africa to shoot the German TV movie Kingdom in Twilight which also goes by the name The Sword of Xanten and The Ring of the Nibelungs. She played Kriemhild in this film interpretation of the epic poem Das Nibelungenlied, which was released in the US as Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King. On June 14, 2004, Witt modeled what is believed to be the most expensive hat ever made, for Christie's auction house in London. The Champrau d'Amour, designed by Louis Mariette, is valued at $2.7 million (US) and is covered in diamonds. See the hat. Also see: 2002 (number). ... Two Weeks Notice is a 2002 romantic comedy film starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant from Warner Bros. ... The Upside of Anger is a 2005 drama/comedy/romance written and directed by Mike Binder. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American film actor and director who often produces his own films. ... Neil LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright. ... DVD cover The Shape of Things is a play by American author and film director Neil LaBute and a 2003 American movie. ... This article should be merged with Grimhild In the medieval Nibelungenlied, Kriemhild is one of four children of Uote. ... The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. ... is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Christies auction house in South Kensington, London Christies American branch in Rockefeller Center, New York Christies is a fine art auction house, the largest and by some accounts the oldest in the world. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Witt will join the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent for the 2007-08 season as Det. Nola Falacci, a character who will be a temporary replacement for Julianne Nicholson's character as Nicholson is out on maternity leave.^[2] Law & Order: Criminal Intent is a United States crime drama television series that began in 2001. ... Det. ...

Filmography

Films

• Dune (1984) as Alia
• Fun (1994) as Bonnie
• Four Rooms (1995) as Kiva
• Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) as Gertrude Lang
• Citizen Ruth (1996) as Cheryl
• Bongwater (1997) as Serena
• Urban Legend (1998) as Natalie Simon
• Playing Mona Lisa (2000) as Claire Goldstein
• Cecil B. Demented (2000) as Cherish
• Vanilla Sky (2001) as Libby
• Two Weeks Notice (2002) as June Carver
• Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2004) as Kriemhild
• The Upside of Anger (2005) as Hadley Wolfmeyer
• Last Holiday (2006) as Ms. Burns
• Blue Smoke (TV) (2007) as Catarina Hale
• 88 Minutes (2007) as Kim Cummings

Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. ... Alia Atreides, portrayed by Daniela Amavia in the Children of Dune miniseries. ... Fun is a 1994 drama film starring Alicia Witt and Renée Humphrey, in roles that earned them both a Special Jury Recognition for Technical Acting at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival. ... Four Rooms is a 1995 anthology film telling four stories set in a Los Angeles hotel on New Years Eve. ... Mr. ... Citizen Ruth is a 1996 film that tells a story of a poor, irresponsible, and pregnant woman who unexpectedly attracts attention from those involved in the debate about the morality and legality of abortion. ... Bongwater is a 1998 comedy film. ... Urban Legend is a 1998 horror film starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Robert Englund, Tara Reid, Joshua Jackson, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Michael Rosenbaum, Danielle Harris, John Neville, and Loretta Devine. ... Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 cult film directed by John Waters. ... Vanilla Sky is a 2001 film which has been variously characterized by published film critics as an odd mixture of science fiction, romance, and reality warp [2], part Beautiful People fantasy, part New Age investigation of the Great Beyond[3] a love story, a struggle for the soul, or an... Two Weeks Notice is a 2002 romantic comedy film starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant from Warner Bros. ... The Upside of Anger is a 2005 drama/comedy/romance written and directed by Mike Binder. ... Last Holiday may refer to: Last Holiday, a 1950 British film starring Alec Guinness Last Holiday , a 2006 American remake starring Queen Latifah Category: ... 88 Minutes is a movie starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Benjamin McKenzie and Deborah Kara Unger. ...

Television

• Twilight Zone as Liz
• The Sopranos D-Girl as Amy Safir
• Ally McBeal as Hope
• Cybill as Zoe
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Det. Nola Falacci

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Stage

• The Gift (2001) Tiffany Theatre, Los Angeles
• The Shape of Things (2004) New Ambassadors Theatre, London.
• Piano/Forte (2006) Royal Court Theatre, London. The play was especially written to incorporate her piano-playing talent.
• Dissonance (2007), Williamstown Theatre Festival

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References

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External links

• Alicia Witt at the Internet Movie Database
• Alicia Witt Fanpage