Alexis Dziena
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Dziena at the TIFF '08 screening of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
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Born | Alexis Gabrielle Dziena July 8, 1984 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2002–present |
Alexis Gabrielle Dziena (born July 8, 1984) is an American actress.
Early life
Dziena was born in New York City and is of Irish, Italian and Polish descent.[1] She attended the private Saint Ann's School alongside her Bringing Rain (2003) costar, Paz de la Huerta. She spent many of her summers growing up in the small South Jersey shore town of Sea Isle City. Also, during high school, she attended classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and appeared in plays there as well.[2]
Career
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Dziena made her acting debut in TNT's Witchblade. One of her first major roles was in the Lifetime channel original She's Too Young, in which she portrayed a sexually active teenager alongside Miriam McDonald of Degrassi: The Next Generation fame.
She also played the role of Heather, a sexually frustrated young woman in a loving relationship, who takes part in a couple swap as part of therapy in the film Sex and Breakfast. In the ABC television series Invasion she played the sheriff's daughter Kira Underlay. Dziena also appeared frequently on the sixth season of the HBO series Entourage. She also co-starred in the 2008 films Fool's Gold and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Season of Youth | ||
2003 | Mimic 3: Sentinel | Rosy Montrose | |
2003 | Bringing Rain | Lysee Key | Direct-to-DVD |
2003 | Rhinoceros Eyes | Bird Girl | |
2003 | Wonderland | Gopher's Girlfriend | Scenes deleted |
2004 | She's Too Young | Hannah Vogul | Lifetime movie |
2005 | Strangers with Candy | Melissa | |
2005 | Stone Cold | Candace Pennington | aka Jesse Stone: Stone Cold |
2005 | The Great New Wonderful | Angie | Scenes deleted |
2005 | Broken Flowers | Lolita | |
2005 | Pizza | Emily | |
2005 | Havoc | Sasha | |
2007 | Sex and Breakfast | Heather | |
2008 | Fool's Gold | Gemma Honeycutt | |
2008 | Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | Tris | |
2009 | Tenderness | Maria | |
2010 | When in Rome | Joan | |
2012 | Wrong | Emma | |
2014 | Sister | Ashley Presser | |
2015 | Without Ward | Scout Finch |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Witchblade | Bola | Episode: "Parabolic" |
2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mia Van Wagner | Episode: "Pandora" |
2003 | Law & Order | Lena Parkova | Episode: "House Calls" |
2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Bonnie | 2 episodes |
2005–2006 | Invasion | Kira Underlay | 21 episodes |
2007 | One Life to Live | Pretty Girl | Episode #16.9839 |
2009 | Entourage | Ashley Brooks | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
References
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- ↑ Alexis Dziena: an actress who takes her cues from Sharon Stone, Parker Posey, and Dr. Dre | Interview | Find Articles at BNET.com[dead link][dead link]
External links
- Alexis Dziena at the Internet Movie Database
- Alexis Dziena at AllMovie
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- Living people
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Polish descent
- American people of Italian descent
- People from Sea Isle City, New Jersey
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from New Jersey
- Actresses from New York City
- Actresses of Italian descent