Alexis Dziena

A screen performer who, by her own account, was once typed as "the good girl" in a long string of telemovie soapers, Alexis Dziena then dramatically expanded her range with work in an extremely varied series of productions. These included Amy Sedaris' movie version of her satirical sitcom Strangers with Candy (in which the Manhattan native aggressively cut against her "good girl" typecasting by playing a bad seed), Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers (as a nymphet who fully disrobes to gain the attention of Bill Murray), and a blueblood with Mafia dreams in Barbara Kopple's Havoc (all in 2005). Dziena had a regular role as Kira Underlay on the short-lived ABC alien-invasion drama Invasion from 2005-2006, but the series did not last beyond its first season. She subsequently played a supporting part in the romantic comedy adventure Fool's Gold (2008), as Gemma Honeycutt, the debutante daughter of a billionaire (Donald Sutherland). - Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide