Alexis Dziena

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{{Infobox person

| image = Alexis Dziena leaves the tiff '08 screening of Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist-2.jpg

| caption = Dziena in 2008

| name = Alexis Dziena

| birth_name = Alexis Gabbriel Dziena

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|7|8}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2002–present

}}

Alexis Gabbriel Dziena (born July 8, 1984){{cite magazine |url=http://www.craveonline.com/girl/alexis-dziena |title=Alexis Dziena |magazine=Crave |date=2008-02-10 |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929202206/http://www.craveonline.com/girl/alexis-dziena |archive-date=2017-09-29 |url-status=dead }} is an American actress.

Early life

Dziena was born in New York City,{{cite web |title=Alexis Dziena Biography |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/alexis-dziena/bio/3030934215/ |website=TV Guide |quote=Birth Name: Alexis Gabbriel Dziena; Birth Place: New York City, New York, United States. |access-date=2025-06-18}} and is of Irish, Italian and Polish descent. She attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

=Television=

Dziena made her acting debut in TNT's Witchblade (2002). Guest roles followed in other series, such as Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Joan of Arcadia. One of her first major roles was in the Lifetime channel original film She's Too Young (2004), in which she portrayed a sexually active teenager. In the ABC television series Invasion, she played the sheriff's daughter, Kira Underlay. Dziena also appeared frequently on the sixth season of the HBO series Entourage (2009).

=Feature films=

Dziena had a small role in the movie Broken Flowers (2005), starring Bill Murray, in which she played Lolita, the daughter of a character played by Sharon Stone. She played Heather, a sexually-frustrated young woman who takes part in a couple-swap to save her relationship as part of an experimental therapy in the film Sex and Breakfast (2007). She also co-starred in the films Fool's Gold (2008) and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).

In 2022, Without Ward was released; Dziena shot her scenes for the film in 2012.{{cite web | url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/cory-cataldos-without-ward-was-15-years-in-the-making-14062087 | title=It Took Years for the World to Catch up with Cory Cataldo's Without Ward }}

Personal life

Dziena dated Michael Pitt in the early 2000s.{{Cite web |title=Photos and Pictures - Michael Pitt and His Girlfriend Alexis Dziena at the 18th Annual Literacy Partners Gala at Lincoln Center's New York State Theatre in New York City on May 5, 2003. |first=Henry |last=Mcgee |website=imagecollect.com |url=http://imagecollect.com/picture/michael-pitt-alexis-dziena-michael-bubl-michael-par-photo-2980969/archival-pictures-henrymcgee-190562 |access-date=Dec 20, 2020}}{{Cite web |first=Steve |last=Eichner |title=Michael Pitt and Alexis Dziena at premiere of Hedwig and the Angry... |publisher=Getty Images |date=2001-07-10 |url=https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/michael-pitt-and-alexis-dziena-at-premiere-of-hedwig-and-news-photo/667481608 |access-date=Dec 20, 2020}}{{Cite web |first=Evan |last=Agostini |title=Murder by Numbers Film Premiere |date=2002-04-16 |publisher=Getty Images |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actor-michael-pitt-with-girlfriend-alexis-dziena-arriving-news-photo/2321668 |access-date=Dec 20, 2020}}

In September 2011, Dziena attempted to get a restraining order against her parents, claiming that she was living in fear of them resorting to "murder or violence" to access her money. Her request was declined by a judge later that month as she had insufficient evidence to support her allegations.{{Cite web |url=https://younghollywood.com/news/alexis-dziena-loses-bid-for-restraining-order-against-parents.html |title=Alexis Dziena loses bid for restraining order against parents |website=younghollywood.com |date=2011-09-16}}

In June 2014, Dziena's ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Francis Ausley was granted a restraining order against Dziena after she showed up at his house with a bag of clothes and announced that she was moving in. Ausley also alleged that she threatened to harm both of them if he ended their relationship.{{Cite news |url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/pti-stories/alexis-dziena-hit-with-restraining-order-from-ex-boyfriend-114062700207_1.html |title=Alexis Dziena hit with restraining order from ex-boyfriend |work=Business Standard |date=27 June 2014 |agency=Press Trust of India}}