No stranger to the camera — she was a child actor on Canadian television and made numerous music videos, including the surprising, nude appearance in “Thank U” — Morissette has recently set her sights on a film career. Her first role: God.

Kevin Smith, director Of “Clerks,” “Mallrats” and “Chasing Amy,” was chasing Alanis in hopes of casting her as God in his next film, “Dogma.”

“I had just gotten off the road, and I was tired, and I didn’t think I’d be of any value to him,” Morissette says. “I said no at first, but then as I kind of rejuvenated, I checked back in with him and he still hadn’t cast the role of God. And I said I’d love to do it and I did.”