Deborah Twiss | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 22, 1971 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter, film director, producer |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Website | DeborahTwissActress.com |
Deborah Twiss (born December 22, 1971) is an American actress, screenwriter, film director and producer with roles in films and television shows such as Kick-Ass , Gravity , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and White Collar . [1] [2]
Twiss has been cast in a series of lead and supporting roles in several independent films including Molotov Samba .
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 A Cry From Within , which wrapped principal photography in spring 2014. She has also appeared in The Networker 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, Parallel Veins , the horror comedy film Bloody Ultimatum , and a revenge horror film Contract With A Demon . She wrote and co-directed 2014 the Horror mystery thriller film A Cry from Within , which was co-directed with Zach Miller. [5]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | A Gun for Jennifer | Jennifer/Allison | |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Sophia McLean | |
| 2005 | Audrey keiko azuma | Audrey 2 | |
| 2005 | Molotov Samba | Dominique | |
| 2005 | Love Thy Neighbor | Female Porn Star | |
| 2005 | In Between | Allison | |
| 2009 | The Little Magician | The Mother | |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Mrs. Zane | |
| 2010 | The Aristofrogs | ||
| 2011 | Choose | Terri Connelley | |
| 2011 | Turbine | Lisa | |
| 2011 | School of Rock: Zombie Etiquette | Sally O'Niel | |
| 2011 | After Fall, Winter | Caroline | |
| 2012 | One Last Time | Tueta | |
| 2012 | Sunburn | Natalie | |
| 2013 | The Midnight Game | Noreen-Kaitlan's Mom | |
| 2013 | Uncomfortable Silence | The Wife | |
| 2013 | Pawn | Mrs. Davenport | |
| 2013 | November Lies | Nikki Evans | |
| 2014 | A Cry From Within | Cecile | |
| 2014 | The Last Taxi Driver | Sibyl | |
| 2014 | Act, Naturally | Miz Mashmeyer | |
| 2014 | Fifteen For The Angels | Casshandra | |
| 2015 | The Networker | Nicole | |
| 2015 | Confidence Game | Jessica |
| 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 |
| 2017 | The Deuce | Mindy | 1 episode: "Au Reservoir" S1E7 |