Deborah Twiss

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.

Career

Deborah Twiss made her screen debut in 1997 with A Gun for Jennifer, an independent exploitation thriller film directed by Todd Morris that she also co‑wrote. Following this she was 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.

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.

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.

Filmography

Film 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

Television