Alexis Dziena : biography
Alexis Gabrielle Dziena (born July 8, 1984) is an American actress.
Career
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. The film also starred Eliza Dushku and Macaulay Culkin.
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.
In addition to acting, Dziena is a budding playwright and drummer.
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 | Without Ward | Scout Finch |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Witchblade | Bola | "Parabolic" (season 2: episode 10) |
2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mia Van Wagner | "Pandora" (season 4: episode 15) |
2003 | Law & Order | Lena Parkova | "House Calls" (season 13: episode 21) |
2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Bonnie | "Secret Service" (season 2: episode 18)"Trial and Error" (season 2: episode 19) |
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 |
Early life
Dziena was born in New York City and is of Irish, Italian and Polish descent. 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.