Willa Fitzgerald » Trivia

While studying in high school, she used to play the piano.

She managed to bag a role in the web series, Alpha House even before she had moved to New York City. She had initially planned to work in theatre to boost her profile and find her feet in the acting world.

Willa first started doing school theatre while she was studying in middle school.

Initially, she wanted to become a research psychiatrist in child psychology. However, she then decided to take theatre studies in the university.

Before she started acting professionally, she had performed Cow Play at the NY Fringe Festival and The Cat and the Canary at the Berkshire Theater Festival.

In November 2017, she ran the NYC marathon for the benefit of City Harvest, which is a non-profit organization that distributes food and provides education to underprivileged children.

She was cast in the starring role of Roxanne Daly in the pilot of Behind Enemy Lines. However, the show wasn’t picked by Fox.

While studying in university, she worked as an intern with The Wooster Group and Builders Association.

Not many of her fans know that Fitzgerald has a thing for puppeteering. She loves doing children’s theatre.

In 2013, she served as a director for a theatre production of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, which was adopted by Sarah Ruhl.