Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/21/1975
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Alicia Roanne Witt
Alicia 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 cre...
Known For
Longlegs
as Ruth Harker
Last Holiday
as Ms. Burns
88 Minutes
as Kim Cummings
Urban Legend
as Natalie Simon
Two Weeks Notice
as June Carter
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Kriemhild
I'm Not Ready for Christmas
as Holly Nolan
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Gertrude Lang
The Mistletoe Inn
as Kim
Peep World
as Amy
Dune
as Alia
Vanilla Sky
as Libby
Cecil B. Demented
as Cherish
A Snow Globe Christmas
as Meg
Shiver
as Amy Brisbane
Modern Persuasion
as Wren Cosgrove
I Do
as Mya Edwards
Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane
as Emma Reynolds
Gen¹³
as Caitlin Fairchild (voice)
Six L.A. Love Stories
as Terry Kerr