🌠 Alicia Witt Biography

The full name of the actress is Alicia Roanne Witt. She was born on August 21, 1975 in the city of Worcester in a simple family, where both parents worked as teachers. By the way, Diane (mother), as the owner of the longest hair, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

rom an early age, Alicia loved to perform on the amateur stage. And after graduating from school as an external student at the age of 14, she moved to Hollywood, continuing to study music and acting. The creative nature of the actress built a life path.

The famous director David Lynch was one of the first to notice her when he saw a TV show where young Alicia read an excerpt from the story Romeo and Juliet. And in 1984, she was awarded the role of Alia Atreides in the film Dune. This was the beginning of a film career. Nevertheless, the young talent did not forget to pay attention to music.

From the age of 10, Witt took piano lessons, studying with experienced teachers, actively participating in national competitions. But the actress could only feel financially savvy when the drama “Mr. Holland’s Opus” was released, where she played Gertrude Lang.

  For the sake of the role, she also became subject to playing the clarinet. In parallel with filming, she recorded soundtracks for several projects with her participation. And Alicia's first mini-album was released in 2009, called Alicia Witt. So the 90s became the beginning of the screen career of Alicia Witt. The aspiring actress received more and more recognition from the audience, and subsequently a special prize at the Sundance Film Festival for her role in the film Killing for Fun.

After numerous supporting roles, Alicia played the main female role in the film "Urban Legends", but the success was still brought by supporting roles in such films as "Vanilla Sky", "Visibility of Anger" and others. The actress became noticeable thanks to the role of Zoe Woodbine, which confidently complemented the sitcom Cybill for 4 consecutive seasons. In the early 2000s, the actress made an attempt to prove herself as a director and producer.

  So in 2004 The short film "Girls' Lunch" was released. The budget of the film is 10,000 dollars. Like all actors, the work was both successful and not very good. In 2007, he starred with Al Pacino in the failed film 88 Minutes. Later, there were minor roles in such series as The Mentalist, Friday Night Lights.

  And among the best projects, the places are occupied by films: “Last Vacation”, “Ring of the Nibelungen”, “Visibility of Anger”, and of course the series: “Twin Peaks” and “Supernatural”.

Whitt managed to play an interesting and at the same time difficult role in the Richard Sears film In Drug Waves. She played the role of Serena. The horror genre also hit her hard. Jamie Blanks' Urban Legends won her a Saturn Award for Best Young Actress.

Almost 10 years later, after the 1st album, the second was released - 15,000 Days. Describing the release, Alicia called it more "pop". Soon, saturated with a creative flow, life gives the role of Zelda and the series "Orange is the New Black". Then the actress began filming in the film "Swindler". The world premiere of the crime comedy took place in the fall of 2020.

Her real support was her brother Jan, who, following the example of his sister, tried himself in several films: "Adulthood", "The Disappearance of Vonnie".

The longest relationship the actress had was with actor Peter Krause, after their separation, Alicia married N. Fulger.

The marriage was short lived. In 2006 she began an affair with Ben Folds, but the relationship with him did not last long.