Alanis Morissette Career
Morissette made her acting debut in five episodes of the children’s television show You Can’t Do That on Television in 1986. In 1985 and 1988, she performed with the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society.
Morissette returned to acting for the first time since 1993 in 1999, playing God in the Kevin Smith comedy Dogma and contributing the song “Still” to the soundtrack. Morissette reprised her role as God in Smith’s next film, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, for a post-credits scene, effectively closing the book on the View Askewniverse.She also appeared in the hit HBO comedies Sex and the City and Curb Your Enthusiasm, the play The Vagina Monologues, and had brief cameos in the Brazilian hit soap operas Celebridade and Malhaço as herself.
Morissette appeared in the Off-Broadway play The Exonerated in late 2003 as Sunny Jacobs, a death row inmate who was released after evidence proved she was innocent. MTV News reported in April 2006 that Morissette would reprise her role in The Exonerated in London from May 23 to May 28.
She boosted her acting resume with the July 2004 release of the Cole Porter biographical film De-Lovely, in which she sang “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)” and played an anonymous stage performer. She appeared as a guest on the Canadian television show Degrassi: The Next Generation in February 2005, alongside Dogma co-star Jason Mewes and director Kevin Smith. Also in 2005, Morissette, who was then engaged to Ryan Reynolds, appeared in the film Just Friends as “herself” as a former client of Reynolds’ character. This scene was cut from the theatrical release and can only be found on the DVD.
In 2006, she appeared as a homeless woman named Lucinda in an episode of Lifetime’s Lovespring International, as a lesbian named Poppy in three episodes of FX’s Nip/Tuck, and as herself in the mockumentary-documentary Pittsburgh.
Morissette played Dr. Audra Kitson, a “no-nonsense obstetrician” who treats pregnant main character Nancy Botwin in eight episodes of Weeds.
In July 2009, her first episode aired.
Morissette returned to the stage in early 2010, for a one-night engagement in An Oak Tree, an experimental play in Los Angeles. The show was completely sold out. Morissette was confirmed in April 2010 to reprise her role as Dr. Audra Kitson in season six of Weeds.
Morissette also appeared in Radio Free Albemuth, a film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel. Morissette plays Sylvia, a regular woman who finds herself in unexpected remission from lymphoma. Morissette stated that she is a “big fan of Philip K. Dick’s poetic and expansively imaginative books” and that she “feel[s] blessed to portray Sylvia and to be a part of this story being told in film.”
Alanis Morissette Net worth
Alanis Morissette, a Canadian singer and actress, is worth $60 million.
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