Film and television Witt's discovery by Lynch led to her casting as the "flame-haired" child in
Dune (1984), as
Paul Atreides's sister
Alia; she turned eight during filming. She worked with Lynch again when she appeared in an episode of
Twin Peaks,
Alexander Payne's
Citizen Ruth, Witt filmed
Last Holiday (2006) opposite
Queen Latifah, and the thriller
88 Minutes (2007) Witt appeared in the role of Amy in the film
Peep World (2010). with
New York Magazines David Edelstein proclaiming her turn one of the top performances of 2013. She appeared in four Christmas films in 2013: the feature film ''Tyler Perry's
A Madea Christmas, A Snow Globe Christmas
for the Lifetime Channel and A Very Merry Mix-Up'' as an antique store owner, Alice Chapman for the Hallmark Channel and in 2014, the Hallmark Channel's ''Christmas at Cartwright's
. Also in 2014, Witt appeared in a guest-starring role on the DirecTV series, Kingdom'', which aired that October. In 2014, in the fifth season of the FX series
Justified she played Wendy Crowe, the brightest member of a Floridian crime family that gets entangled in the show's events in Kentucky. In April 2016, Witt appeared in two episodes of
The Walking Dead; the same month, it was announced that she would also be reprising her role as Gersten Hayward in the 2017
Twin Peaks series. In 2016, Witt joined the cast of ABC's
Nashville in a recurring capacity playing established country singer Autumn Chase. Witt performed several songs throughout
season four. In 2019, she had a recurring role on the seventh season of
Orange Is the New Black as Zelda. She also appeared opposite
Rosamund Pike in the 2020 Netflix hit movie
I Care A Lot. In 2024, Witt starred in
Oz Perkins's smash hit horror film
Longlegs, opposite
Maika Monroe and
Nicolas Cage; the movie became the most successful independent film of 2024, earning over $128M at the box office alone. , and The Big Kill, opposite
Skeet Ulrich,
Pete Holmes, and
Natasha Leggero, from
Live Nation Studios and Emmy winning
The Daily Show head writer
Daniel Radosh , and indie fly fishing drama My Mayfly, from first time director Paula Kay Hornick.
Theater Witt made her stage debut in 2001, at
Los Angeles' historic
Tiffany Theater, in Robbie Fox's musical
The Gift, in which she played a high-priced, albeit disease-carrying, stripper. While in residence in the UK in 2004, she starred as Evelyn in a stage production of
Neil LaBute's
The Shape of Things at the
New Ambassadors Theatre. In September 2006, Witt returned to the London stage at the
Royal Court Theatre, in the critically well-received
Piano/Forte, wherein she was "well-cast" in portraying the stammering, emotionally damaged pianist Abigail, sister to "unloved attention-seeker" Louise (
Kelly Reilly). Witt performed alongside
Amber Tamblyn in
Neil LaBute's play,
Reasons to Be Pretty, at the
Geffen Playhouse, which ran until August 31, 2014.
Music In addition to acting, Witt is a professional singer-songwriter and pianist, In 2009, Witt released her self-titled
extended play album, followed by
Live at Rockwood in 2012 and
Revisionary History in 2015; the latter was produced by
Ben Folds. In August 2018, Witt released a five-song EP album titled
15,000 Days (a reference to the length of time she had been alive when she recorded the album) working with producer Jacquire King. She released her album
The Conduit on September 24, 2021, which she co-produced with Jordan Lehning and Bill Reynolds. In 2020, Witt released two new Christmas songs, as heard in her Hallmark Christmas film,
Christmas Tree Lane. "Why Christmas" and "Christmas Will Never End" are performed on-screen by her character, music-store owner and songwriter Meg. Alicia’s full length studio album, The Conduit, was released in 2021; it marked her debut as album producer, alongside Jordan Lehning and Bill Reynolds (
Band of Horses). Her single from the album, Chasing Shadows, spent 5 weeks on the Billboard Top 30 radio chart. Witt’s self-produced full length Christmas album, I Think I’m Spending Christmas With You, was released in November 2024; it was engineered by
David Kalmusky and recorded in Nashville, TN, where she resides.
Other appearances In September 1990, Witt competed on
Wheel of Fortune. On October 5, 2021, Witt released a book called
Small Changes: A Rules-Free Guide to Add More Plant-Based Foods, Peace & Power to Your Life. It was released through
Harper Collins /
Harper Horizon. In 2023, Witt competed in
season nine of
The Masked Singer as "Dandelion". While having bested
Dee Snider as "Doll" and
Lou Diamond Phillips as "Mantis" (who was spared by
Robin Thicke ringing the Ding Dong Keep It On Bell) on "WB Movie Night", she was eliminated in "Masked Singer in Space" alongside
Melissa Joan Hart as "Lamp". == Filmography ==