Alicia Morton

Alicia Morton Norwood, born April 29, 1987, in Gonzales, Louisiana, is an American former actress, singer, dancer, drama teacher, and veterinarian technician. She began singing at 18 months old and was raised in the Gonzales area, later attending East Ascension High School, from which she graduated in 2005.

Morton made her Broadway debut at age 8, landing the role of young Cosette in Les Misérables in 1996. During the run, her co-star Ricky Martin would rub makeup on her hands as a good luck ritual. At age 12, she returned to the role of a young girl in a theatrical context, playing the title character in a school production of Annie in nearby Baton Rouge.

Her most prominent screen credit came when she was selected from a pool of 3,000 candidates to play Annie Bennett Warbucks in the 1999 Disney television film Annie. The production premiered on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 7, 1999, following a private screening at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 1 of that year. Morton's co-star in the film was Lalaine, who subsequently appeared in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire and the 2003 Disney Channel film You Wish!. Morton has noted that the dramatic scenes in Annie were particularly challenging, and that she drew on the experience of her father's death to access the emotional material, following advice from an acting coach. Her best friend, Alexis Kalehoff, is the daughter of Andrea McArdle, the original Broadway Annie, who also appeared in Morton's film version in a cameo as the Star-to-Be performing a solo in the song "N.Y.C." Morton's film work also includes the 2007 vampire horror film The Thirst, in which she played a young girl with hemophilia named Sara.

Morton studied music at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, beginning her first year of college in 2006. She also plays guitar and has performed in regional theatre. In October 2011, from the 6th through the 16th, she starred alongside McArdle in the new musical Greenwood at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Following that production, Morton returned to Gonzales and taught drama at Ascension Christian High School. She subsequently relocated to Fort Collins, Colorado, where she works as a veterinarian technician. She married Will Norwood on December 28, 2025, and their daughter Amelia was born on February 17, 2026.