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3 | Alicia Witt (born August 21, 1975 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American actress, singer and pianist. |
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5 | Among her most famous roles, Witt is known as Cybill's eccentric younger daughter Zoey on ''Series/{{Cybill}}'', porn-star turned cinema-terrorist Cherish in ''Film/CecilBDemented'', the mistress of a powerful corporate executive in ''Film/LastHoliday'', and Music/{{Madonna}}'s lover in ''Film/FourRooms''. |
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7 | Witt also reportedly has a very high IQ, initially coming to public attention at age five in a series of newspaper articles and a couple appearances on ''Amazing Discoveries'' after she tested out at 200+. A huge fan of Creator/MaryTylerMoore, she also voiced an ambition to be the first woman President. |
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9 | Witt [[HeAlsoDid was also]] a contestant on a Teen Week edition of ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' in September 1990. |
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11 | !!Selected filmography: |
12 | * ''Film/Dune1984'' as Alia. |
13 | * ''Series/TwinPeaks'' as Gersten Hayward (3 Episodes). |
14 | * ''Hotel Room'' as Diane (1 Episode). |
15 | * ''Film/FourRooms'' as Kiva. |
16 | * ''Series/{{Cybill}}'' as Zoey Woodbine. |
17 | * ''Film/UrbanLegend'' as Natalie Simon. |
18 | * ''Series/TheSopranos'' as Amy Safir (1 Episode). |
19 | * ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' as Hope Mercy (2 Episodes). |
20 | * ''Film/CecilBDemented'' as Cherish. |
21 | * ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' as Dolores Pasternak (1 Episode). |
22 | * ''Series/FridayNightLights'' as Cheryl (9 Episodes). |
23 | * ''Series/TheMentalist'' as Rosalind Harker (3 Episodes). |
24 | * ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' as Connie Wyler (1 Episode). |
25 | * ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as [[spoiler:Dandelion]] (2 Episodes). |
26 | * ''Film/{{Longlegs}}'' |
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28 | !!Witt's roles contain examples of: |
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30 | * TheCastShowOff: Playing piano on ''Series/TwinPeaks''. (She's a classically trained pianist.) |
31 | * CreepyChild: She played Alia Atreides in ''Film/Dune1984''. |
32 | * DullSurprise: Suffered bouts of it in ''Film/UrbanLegend''. To be fair, they were asking her to do something she was incapable of, [[BrassBalls act afraid]]. |
33 | * FieryRedhead: Some of hers, such as the adult Gersten in ''Series/TwinPeaks''' third season. |
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