Alicia Witt

  Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American actress, singer and pianist. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in Dune (1984) and Twin Peaks (1990). Witt had a critically acclaimed role as a disturbed teenager in Fun (1994), appeared as a music student in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) and as a terrorized college student in the horror film Urban Legend (1998). She appeared in Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Last Holiday (2006) and the thriller 88 Minutes (2007). Witt has made television appearances in The Walking Dead, The Sopranos, Nashville, Two and a Half Men, The Librarians, Friday Night Lights, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Mentalist, Cybill, Justified, Twin Peaks: The Return, CSI: Miami and Orange Is the New Black.In addition to acting, Witt has been described as a musical prodigy,as an accomplished pianist, singer and songwriter. Beginning in 2013, Witt has starred in eight annual Hallmark Christmas movies. On her most recent, 2020's Christmas Tree Lane, she served as executive producer and storywriter and contributed two original songs that her character sings on-screen.