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Alicia Witt Profile |
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Birth Date: August 21, 1975
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Birth Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth Name: Alicia Roanne Witt
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Alicia Roanne Witt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on
August 21, 1975, to parents Robert and Diane. Interestingly
enough, Diane is featured in the Guinness Book of World
Records for having the longest hair to date.
Diane Witt was not the only one receiving attention for a
certain achievement; daughter Alicia had learned to read by
the time she was 6 months old and at age 4, she appeared on
ABC's That's Incredible and NBC's Today, reciting
Shakespeare.
At 2 years old, Alicia had written a letter to Good
Housekeeping and was featured in the magazine as being their
youngest reader. At 7 years old, Witt knew how to play
classical piano and won several piano competitions in the
years that followed.
Alicia's intelligence was something that was hard to ignore,
so her parents decided to home school her and her brother
Ian. By age 14, Alicia had received her high school diploma.
After becoming a high school graduate, the child prodigy
headed to Los Angeles with her mother to develop her acting
repertoire. With Alicia's artistic talents, it was no wonder
that she had already started her acting career at the age of
9. She appeared in the 1984 sci-fi film Dune.
In LA, Alicia started playing piano at the Regent Beverly
Wilshire Hotel to earn a living. After having previously
worked with director David Lynch in Dune, Alicia appeared on
the television series Twin Peaks in 1990. After a few
auditions, Alicia was cast in the 1993 film Bodies, Rest &
Motion and in the HBO trilogy Hotel Room, also by David
Lynch.
In 1994, Alicia was awarded with the Special Jury Award for
her role as Bonnie in the film Fun, and went on to star in
the made-for-TV movie The Disappearance of Vonnie. Alicia
received what could be considered her big break, in 1995.
She was cast as Zoey on the CBS sitcom Cybill.
Many more film roles began coming her way. Alicia was cast
as the hopeless clarinet player in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
(she actually had to learn how to play the instrument
badly); she also appeared in one of the segments of the
Tarantino film Four Rooms (1995), in which she portrayed
Madonna's lover.
She also had a role in Citizen Ruth (1996), starring Burt
Reynolds and Kelly Preston.
By 1998, Alicia was established as a big-screen actress.
That year she appeared in Bongwater as well as a role in the
animated film Gen 13 (for which she provided her voice).
Alicia finally scored a starring role in the teen slasher
hit Urban Legend, co-starring Rebecca Gayheart.
In 1999, Alicia starred in The Reef, alongside Sela Ward and
Timothy Dalton.
No longer typecast as the child prodigy (which was never
really a stretch for the beautiful redhead), Alicia moved on
in 2000, to star in Cecil B. Demented, as Stephen Dorff's
porn-star girlfriend Cherish Oh Lordy, and Playing Mona
Lisa, as a pianist who turns into a party girl.
2001 saw Alicia starring in the Tom Cruise/Penelope Cruz
vehicle, Vanilla Sky, as well as Ten Tiny Love Stories.
In 2002, Alicia Witt starred in American Girl, which didn't
do well at the box office. Lucky for her, she went on to
star in the Sandra Bullock movie Two Weeks Notice, which was
a huge success.
After a year away from the big screen, Alicia returned in
2004 to star in two films: The Upside Of Anger and Kingdom
in Twilight. She's also set to make her London stage debut
in a West End revival of The Shape of Things, by Neil
LaBute.
When not acting and playing the piano, Alicia listens to big
band music and is an avid wig collector. |
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Other
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Used to play the piano at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Appeared on "That's Incredible!" (1980) at the age of four
due to her amazing reading skills. She also performed the
balcony scene of _Romeo and Juliet (1968/I)_ with the host.
Parents are Robert and Diane. Brother is Ian.
Was home schooled and received high school diploma at age
fourteen.
Is a classically trained pianist
In June 2004, she modeled what is claimed to be the most
expensive hat ever made, the US$2,700,000 Chapeau d'Amour by
celebrity couture hat designer Louis Mariette, at Christies
in London.
Grew up down the street from screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy
(II) in Worcester, Massachusetts. McCarthy wrote the adapted
historical drama "Vera," which will star Lucie Vondrácková -
Alicia Witt's co-star in Last Holiday (2006).
Her mother is Diane Witt, who was in the Guiness Book of
World Records from 1988 to 1996 for having the world's
longest hair.
After Kate Hudson passed on playing Mary Jane Watson in
_Spider- Man (2002)_ , the role was offered to Alicia Witt,
who also turned it down. The part later on went to Kirsten
Dunst, who had to audition for this role.
Her brother Ian Rob Witt appeared with her in the film
Liebestraum (1991)_ . |
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