Deborah Twiss

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Deborah Twiss
Born (1971-12-22) December 22, 1971 (age 49)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationActress, screenwriter, film director, producer
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
WebsiteDeborahTwissActress.com

Deborah Twiss (born December 22, 1971) is an American actress, screenwriter, film director and producer. In the 2000s she became well-known with roles in films and television shows such as Kick-Ass, Gravity, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and White Collar.[1][2]

Career[]

Twiss was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to New York City to study acting at age 17. Soon after, she became involved in writing and producing independent films. Her first feature, A Gun for Jennifer, was screened at 27 international film festivals and has become a European cult film.[citation needed] This led to her being cast in a series of lead and supporting roles in several independent films including .

Twiss later appeared in TV shows including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, White Collar, and Gravity as well as feature films such as In-Between. She has two children, Matthew and Sydney McCann, who played characters based on them in her film A Cry From Within, inspired by experiences they had as a family.[3]

In the film Kick-Ass, she portrayed the mock superhero's teacher-crush, Mrs. Zane. Post Kick-Ass, Twiss appeared in the Michael Chiklis-produced Pawn and in A.D. Calvo's The Midnight Game, and appeared opposite Eric Roberts in , which wrapped principal photography in spring 2014. She has also appeared in opposite Sean Young and William Forsythe.[4]

Tapping her independent film experience, Twiss is developing several projects in which she will play lead roles including Just In Time, , the horror comedy film , and a revenge horror film . She wrote and co-directed 2014 the Horror mystery thriller film A Cry from Within, which was co-directed with .[5]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Film Role Notes
1997 A Gun for Jennifer Jennifer/Allison
2002 Living with the Dead Sophia McLean
2005 Audrey 2
2005 Dominique
2005 Female Porn Star
2005 Allison
2009 The Mother
2010 Kick-Ass Mrs. Zane
2010
2011 Choose Terri Connelley
2011 Lisa
2011 Sally O'Niel
2011 Caroline
2012 One Last Time Tueta
2012 Natalie
2013 The Midnight Game Noreen-Kaitlan's Mom
2013 Uncomfortable Silence The Wife
2013 Pawn Mrs. Davenport
2013 Nikki Evans
2014 Cecile
2014 Sibyl
2014 Miz Mashmeyer
2014 Casshandra
2015 Nicole
2015 Confidence Game Jessica

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dr. Lane 1 episode: “Purgatory” S7E11
2009 Fringe ER Nurse 1 episode: “There's More Than One of Everything” S1E20
2010 White Collar Kathy 1 episode: "Front Man" S1E13
2010 As the World Turns Angela 1 episode
2010 Gravity Dr. Joyce Allen 1 episode: "Cold Swim Away" S1E3
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Pilot 1 episode: "Flight" S12E15

References[]

  1. ^ "Deborah Twiss". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013.
  2. ^ Scott Macaulay (January 9, 2013). "5 Questions for Sebastien's Deborah Twiss". Filmmaker Magazine.
  3. ^ "Q&A: Deborah Twiss Talks "A CRY FROM WITHIN" and Her True Haunting". Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Barton, Steve (December 30, 2014). "A Cry From Within Unleashes Terror". DreadCentral.com. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Deborah Twiss, writer/producer/star of the cult vigilante shocker A GUN FOR JENNIFER, is back with the supernatural thriller A CRY FROM WITHIN

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