Alicia Witt (born August 21, 1975 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American actress, singer and pianist.
Among her most famous roles, Witt is known as Cybill's eccentric younger daughter Zoey on Cybill, porn-star turned cinema-terrorist Cherish in Cecil B. Demented, the mistress of a powerful corporate executive in Last Holiday, and Madonna's lover in Four Rooms.
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 Mary Tyler Moore, she also voiced an ambition to be the first woman President.
Witt was also a contestant on a Teen Week edition of Wheel of Fortune in September 1990.
Selected filmography:
- Dune (1984) as Alia.
- Twin Peaks as Gersten Hayward (3 Episodes).
- Hotel Room as Diane (1 Episode).
- Four Rooms as Kiva.
- Cybill as Zoey Woodbine.
- Urban Legend as Natalie Simon.
- The Sopranos as Amy Safir (1 Episode).
- Ally McBeal as Hope Mercy (2 Episodes).
- Cecil B. Demented as Cherish.
- Two and a Half Men as Dolores Pasternak (1 Episode).
- Friday Night Lights as Cheryl (9 Episodes).
- The Mentalist as Rosalind Harker (3 Episodes).
- Person of Interest as Connie Wyler (1 Episode).
- The Masked Singer as Dandelion (2 Episodes).
- Longlegs
Witt's roles contain examples of:
- The Cast Show Off: Playing piano on Twin Peaks. (She's a classically trained pianist.)
- Creepy Child: She played Alia Atreides in Dune (1984).
- Dull Surprise: Suffered bouts of it in Urban Legend. To be fair, they were asking her to do something she was incapable of, act afraid.
- Fiery Redhead: Some of hers, such as the adult Gersten in Twin Peaks' third season.
