Alice Dwyer was born 1988 as Alice Deekeling in Berlin. She already decided to become an actress at the age of nine: Against her mother’s will, she applied for an actors agency while still visiting primary school – and two years later landed the leading role in Ulla Wagner"s drama "Anna Wunder" (2000).

At the age of 13, Dwyer caused a stir with her performance in "Baby" (2002): In Philipp Stölzl"s drama, she portrayed a Lolita-like 15-year old who seduces one of her father"s friends.

During the following years, Dwyer starred in a number of TV and movie productions and by smartly choosing from her role offers managed to not be restricted to a certain role type. Thus, she was, for instance, seen as a cigarette smuggler in Hans Christian Schmid"s award-winning film "Lichter" ("Distant Lights", 2003), while she played a sensitive teenager in "Das Lächeln der Tiefseefische" ("The Smile of the Monsterfish", 2004/2005), and a budding pickpocket in "Was ich von ihr weiß" (2005/2006), a mother-daughter-story.

At the start of 2008, Dwyer won the award as "Best actress" at the Film Festival "Max Ophuels Preis" for her performances in the films "Höhere Gewalt" ("Act of Violence") und "Die Tränen meiner Mutter" ("My Mother"s Tears"). One year later, she returned to Saarbrücken with the film "Torpedo" that won the award as "Best mid-length film".