| Deborah Twiss | |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Occupation: | Actress, screenwriter, film director, producer |
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, 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 , , 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 | 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 | 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 | Pilot | 1 episode: "Flight" S12E15 | ||
| 2017 | The Deuce | Mindy | 1 episode: "Au Reservoir" S1E7 |