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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|08|21}}
| birth_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer|pianist}}
| years_active = 1984–present
| website = {{URL|aliciawittmusic.com}}
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'''Alicia Roanne Witt''' (born August 21, 1975) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist. She first came to fame as a [[child actress]] after being discovered by [[David Lynch]], who cast her in ''[[Dune (1984 film)|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 (film)|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 (film)|Urban Legend]]'' (1998). She appeared in
In addition to her acting, Witt
== Early life and education ==
Witt was born on August 21, 1975<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010" /> in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], to Diane (née Pietro), a [[junior high school]] reading teacher, and Robert Witt, a science teacher and photographer. Her mother was an American and ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]]'' holder for the longest hair<ref name="telegram2">{{cite news |author=Ring, Kim |date=December 21, 2021 |title=Well-being check finds actress Alicia Witt's parents deceased in their Worcester home |publisher=telegram.com |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2021/12/21/actor-alicia-witts-parents-found-deceased-their-home-worcester-tatnuck/8985157002/ |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> from 1989 to 1996.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Witt has a brother, Ian.<ref name="pittsburgh" /><ref name="record-journal" /> Talking by age two and reading by the age of four,<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010" /> she has been described as a [[child prodigy]].<ref name="latimes87" /> Her acting talent was recognized by director [[David Lynch]] in 1980, when he heard her recite [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' on the television show ''[[That's Incredible!]]'' at age five. Lynch began working with her in film and television before Witt earned her [[General Educational Development|high-school equivalency credential]] at age 14. From the ages of 10 to 14, she took four piano lessons a week, including from a [[Boston University]] professor,<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010" /> and competed nationally.<ref name="wwd2008">{{cite news| url=http://www.wwd.com/eye/people/alicia-witts-pub-gig-1659866 |title=Alicia Witt's Pub Gig |publisher=Fairchild Publishing, LLC |work=[[Women's Wear Daily]] |date=July 28, 2008 |access-date=February 7, 2015 |author=Lawrence, Vanessa}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Film and television ===
Witt's discovery by Lynch led to
Her acting background led to small parts in [[Mike Figgis]]' ''[[Liebestraum (film)|Liebestraum]]'' in 1991 (her brother Ian also appears), the Gen-X drama ''[[Bodies, Rest & Motion]]'' (1993), and the television film ''The Disappearance of Vonnie'' (1994). In 1994, Witt landed her first lead role in a film, playing a disturbed, murderous teenager in ''[[Fun (film)|Fun]]'' and receiving the Special Jury Recognition Award at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. Witt was then cast in ''[[Four Rooms]]''<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010" /> as [[Madonna]]'s
Witt was introduced to a larger audience in the role of [[Cybill Shepherd]]'s daughter, Zoey Woodbine, in the sitcom ''[[Cybill]]''. While playing that part from 1995 to 1998, she also had film roles in [[Stephen Herek]]'s ''[[Mr. Holland's Opus]]'',<ref name=Rosenbloom/> [[Alexander Payne]]'s ''[[Citizen Ruth]]'',<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010" /> [[Robert Allan Ackerman]]'s ''Passion's Way'' (based on the [[Edith Wharton]] novel, ''[[The Reef (novel)|The Reef]]'') and Richard Sears' comedy ''[[Bongwater (film)|Bongwater]]''. After ''Cybill'' was cancelled, Witt went on to leading roles in Jamie Blanks' horror film ''[[Urban Legend (film)|Urban Legend]]'' (1998),<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010" /><ref name=Rosenbloom/> and in [[Kevin Altieri]]/[[Touchstone Pictures]]' limited-release animated feature ''[[Gen¹³|Gen<sup>13</sup>]]''.
In 2000, Witt had starring roles on episodes of the television shows ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' and ''[[The Sopranos]]'', the lead role in the Matthew Huffman comedy ''[[Playing Mona Lisa]]'' and a part in [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]]' ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]''.<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010" />
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Witt appeared as the character Elaine Clayton in ''[[Cowgirls 'n Angels]]'' (2012),<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010" /> and in 2013, co-starred in the independent film ''[[Cold Turkey (2013 film)|Cold Turkey]]'' (opposite [[Peter Bogdanovich]] and [[Cheryl Hines]]); therein, she additionally performed an original musical piece over the end credits. Her dramatic performance in this film was critically acclaimed,<ref>{{cite web |date = November 18, 2013 |first= Sam |last= Weisberg |title= See Family Holiday Comedy Cold Turkey for Alicia Witt's Performance |work= villagevoice.com |url= http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-11-20/film/cold-turkey/full/ |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141213073513/http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-11-20/film/cold-turkey/full/ | archive-date= December 13, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= November 22, 2013 |first= David|last= Edelstein|title= Movie Review: Cold Turkey |url= https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/movie-review-cold-turkey.html |work= Vulture |publisher= [[New York (magazine)|New York]] }}</ref> with ''New York Magazine''{{'}}s David Edelstein proclaiming her turn one of the top performances of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/12/david-edelsteins-10-best-movies-of-2013.html|title=David Edelstein's 10 Best Movies of 2013|first=David|last=Edelstein|work=Vulture|date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> She appeared in four Christmas films in 2013: the feature film ''Tyler Perry's [[A Madea Christmas (film)|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 (American TV series)|Kingdom]]'',<ref name="eonline2014">{{cite web | date=July 18, 2014 | last = Bricker |first= Tierney| title=Kingdom Stages Friday Night Lights Reunion! Plus, Jamie Kennedy to Guest Star | publisher=[[E! Online]] | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/561082/kingdom-stages-friday-night-lights-reunion-plus-jamie-kennedy-to-guest-star | access-date=February 7, 2015 }}</ref> which aired that October.
In 2014, in the fifth season of the FX series ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' she played Wendy Crowe, the brightest member of a Floridian crime family that gets entangled in the show's events in Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/09/alicia-witt-edi-gathegi-join-fxs-justified/|title=Alicia Witt & Edi Gathegi Join FX's 'Justified'|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=October 2013}}</ref> In April 2016, Witt appeared in two episodes of ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'';<ref>{{cite web|title=Alicia Witt on playing the latest 'Walking Dead' villain and how her last scene was supposed to go|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/13/walking-dead-alicia-witt-paula-the-same-boat|website=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> the same month, it was announced that she would also be reprising her role as Gersten Hayward in the 2017 ''[[Twin Peaks
In 2022, Witt appeared in the crime thriller ''[[Alice (2022 film)|Alice]]''. In 2024, Witt starred in [[Oz Perkins]]'s horror film ''[[Longlegs]]'', opposite [[Maika Monroe]] and [[Nicolas Cage]].<ref name=grobar/>
=== Theater ===
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Responses to her 2006 stage portrayal of Abigail in ''Piano/Forte'', which included scenes of piano-playing, noted her skill as an "outstanding pianist".<ref>{{Cite news | last=Billington | first=Michael | title=Piano/Forte | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | date=September 21, 2006 | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1877425,00.html}}</ref>
In 2009, Witt released her self-titled [[extended play]] album,<ref>{{ASIN | B0032L1M8I | country=uk | title=Alicia Witt | date=June 6, 2009 }}</ref> followed by ''Live at Rockwood'' in 2012<ref>{{ASIN | B008A3N86W | country=uk | title=Live At Rockwood | date=June 7, 2012}}</ref> and ''Revisionary History'' in 2015
In 2016, Witt joined the cast of ABC's ''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]'' in a recurring capacity playing established country singer Autumn Chase. Witt performed several songs throughout [[Nashville
In August 2018, Witt released a five-song EP album titled ''15,000 Days'' (a reference to the length of time she had been alive when she recorded the album) working with producer Jacquire King.<ref>{{cite web |author1=TV News Desk |title=Accomplished Singer/Actress Alicia Witt Announces 15,000 DAYS, EP Set for August 24 Release |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Accomplished-SingerActress-Alicia-Witt-Announces-15000-DAYS-EP-Set-for-August-24-Release-20180601 |website=Broadway World |access-date=June 16, 2018
In 2020, Witt released two new Christmas songs, as heard in her Hallmark Christmas film, ''Christmas Tree Lane''. "Why Christmas" and "Christmas Will Never End" are performed on-screen by her character, music-store owner and songwriter Meg.<ref>{{
In August 2023, Witt released the six-song EP, ''Witness''.<ref name=Rosenbloom/><ref name=Patterson/><ref name=Avila/>
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=== Other appearances ===
In September 1990, Witt competed on ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]''.<ref name="worcester" />
Witt was ranked No. 72 and No. 64 on the ''Maxim Hot 100 Women'' (2000 and 2001, respectively).<ref>[http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2000-hot-100 Girls of Maxim — Hot 100 Women 2000], ''Maxim'' (1 May 2000).</ref><ref>[http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2001-hot-100 Girls of Maxim — Hot 100 Women 2001], ''Maxim'' (1 May 2001).</ref><ref name="freejose2001">{{cite web |title=Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2001 |url=http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2001 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070302215343/http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2001 |archivedate=2 March 2007 |accessdate=19 February 2007 |publisher=FreeJose.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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 ''Chapeau d'Amour'', designed by Louis Mariette, is valued at US$2.7 million and is encrusted in diamonds.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://most-expensive.com/hat | title=World's Most Expensive Hats | access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.therichtimes.com/worlds-most-expensive-hat-chapeau-damour/ | title=Worlds most expensive hat- Chapeau d'Amour | work=The Rich Times | date=June 9, 2009 | access-date=February 7, 2015 | author=Kulpe, Yogesh}}</ref>
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On October 5, 2021, Witt released a book called ''Small Changes: A Rules-Free Guide to Add More Plant-Based Foods, Peace & Power to Your Life''.
In 2023, Witt competed in [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 9
== Personal life ==
On December 20, 2021, Witt's parents were found dead in their Worcester, Massachusetts home.<ref name="telegram2"/><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Towers |last=Andrea |date=December 22, 2021 |title=Parents of The Walking Dead and Dune actress Alicia Witt found dead in family home |url=https://ew.com/tv/parents-of-walking-dead-actress-alicia-witt-found-dead-in-family-home/ |access-date=December 23, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> The cause was revealed on February 24, 2022, as "probable [[Arrhythmia|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.<ref>{{cite web |first=Wynne |last=Kelly |url=https://people.com/tv/alicia-witt-parents-cause-of-death-revealed/ |website=people.com |date=February 24, 2022 |title=Alicia Witt's Parents Cause of Death Revealed Two Months After Their Sudden Deaths |access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
Witt battled [[breast cancer]] in 2021, and has been cancer-free since 2022 after undergoing [[chemotherapy]] and a [[mastectomy]].<ref name=Rosenbloom>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/27/entertainment/alicia-witt-witness-interview/index.html|title=Alicia Witt releases new collection of music|website=CNN|last=Rosenbloom|first=Alli|date=August 27, 2023|access-date=August 29, 2023
== Filmography ==
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! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| 1984
| ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]''
| [[Alia Atreides]]
| Credited as Alicia Roanne Witt
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=nolasco>{{cite web|work=[[Fox News]]|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dune-alicia-witt-david-lynch-the-conduit-music-nashville|title='Dune' actress Alicia Witt on making music, escaping the child star curse: 'I was really blessed for it'|first=Stephanie|last=Nolasco|date=October 3, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240703012413/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dune-alicia-witt-david-lynch-the-conduit-music-nashville|archive-date=July 3, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1991
| ''[[Liebestraum (film)|Liebestraum]]''
| Girl in Dream
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 1993
| ''[[Bodies, Rest & Motion]]''
| Elizabeth
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 1994
| ''[[Fun (film)|Fun]]''
| Bonnie
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''[[Four Rooms]]''
| Kiva
| Segment: "The Missing Ingredient"
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 1995
| ''[[Mr. Holland's Opus]]''
| Gertrude Lang
|
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=nolasco/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1996
| ''[[Citizen Ruth]]''
| Cheryl Stoney
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 1997
| ''[[Bongwater (film)|Bongwater]]''
| Serena
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 1998
| ''[[Urban Legend (film)|Urban Legend]]''
| Natalie Simon
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
| ''{{sortname|The|Reef|The Reef (1999 film)}}''
| Sophy Viner
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''[[Playing Mona Lisa]]''
| Claire Goldstein
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2000
| ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]''
| Cherish
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2000
| ''[[Gen¹³ (film)|Gen
| Caitlin Fairchild
| Voice, direct-to-video
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''[[Vanilla Sky]]''
| Libby
|
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=nolasco/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2001
| ''[[Ten Tiny Love Stories]]''
| Two
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''[[American Girl (2002 film)|American Girl]]''
| Barbie
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2002
| ''[[Two Weeks Notice]]''
| June Carver
|
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=nolasco/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2004
| ''Girls' Lunch''
|
| Short film
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2005
| ''{{sortname|The|Upside of Anger}}''
| Hadley Wolfmeyer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2006
| ''[[Last Holiday (2006 film)|Last Holiday]]''
| Ms. Burns
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2007
| ''[[88 Minutes]]''
| Kim Cummings
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Pond|nolink=1}}''
| Shelly
| Short film
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2010
| ''[[Peep World]]''
| Amy
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Flight of the Swan|nolink=1}}''
| Maria
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2011
| ''[[Joint Body]]''
| Michelle Page
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''[[Cowgirls n' Angels]]''
| Elaine Clayton
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2012
| ''[[Bending the Rules]]''
| Roslyn Wohl
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2012
| ''[[I Do (2012 American film)|I Do]]''
| Mya Edwards
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''Weiner Dog Nationals''
| Melanie
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2013
| ''[[A Madea Christmas (film)|A Madea Christmas]]''
| Amber
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2014
| ''{{sortname|Away From Here||nolink=1}}''
| Lily
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2016
| ''Six LA Love Stories''
| Michelle
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2017
| ''{{sortname|The Bronx Bull|}}''
| Denise
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''Mississippi Requiem''
| Minnie
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2018
| ''Spare Room''
| Ginny
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| ''[[I Care a Lot]]''
| Dr. Karen Amos
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2020
| ''Modern Persuasion''
| Wren Cosgrove
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2021
| ''Fuzzy Head''
| Mother
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2022
| ''[[Alice (2022 film)|Alice]]''
| Rachel
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2024
| ''[[Longlegs]]''
| Ruth Harker
|
|
|}
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| data-sort-value="Sopranos, The" | ''[[The Sopranos]]''
| Amy Safir
| Episode: "[[D-Girl (The Sopranos)|D-Girl]]"
|-
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| Recurring role (season 5)
|-
| ''[[Christmas at Cartwright's]]''
| Nicky Talbot
| Television film
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| Episode: "[[Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets]]"
|-
| ''[[Twin Peaks
| Gersten Hayward<ref name="twinpeaks" />
| 2 episodes
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| 2 episodes (1 episode uncredited)
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2023
| ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''
| Dandelion/Herself
| Season 9 contestant
|}
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==Discography==
* ''Revisionary History'' (2015)<ref name=amdiscography>{{cite web|work=[[AllMusic]]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alicia-witt-mn0001384150#discography|title=Alicia Witt Discography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240703012647/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alicia-witt-mn0001384150%23discography|archive-date=July 3, 2024}}</ref>
* ''The Conduit'' (2021)<ref name=nolasco/><ref name=amdiscography/>
* ''I Think I'm Spending Christmas with You'' (2024)
== References ==
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<ref name="incredible">{{cite book |last=Jeffries |first=Wendy |title=That's Incredible, Volume 4 |publisher=Jove Publications |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-515-05807-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/thatsincredibleb01jeff }}</ref>
<ref name="latimes87">{{cite web | date=March 1, 1987 | last=Lumsden |first=Carolyn| title=Child Prodigy, 11, Leaves 'Dune' in Dust | work= [[Los Angeles Times]] | url= https://
<ref name="Marx_NYT_2010">{{cite news|last=Marx |first=Rebecca Flint |title=Alicia Witt |url= https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/77096/Alicia-Witt/biography |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141216124336/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/77096/Alicia-Witt/biography |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |archive-date = December 16, 2014 }}</ref>
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