Person
Diane Venora
Acting · Born 1952-08-10 · East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Biography
Diane Venora is an American stage, television and film actress. She graduated from the Juilliard School in 1977 and made her film debut in 1981 opposite Albert Finney in Wolfen. She won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for Bird.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Marilyn Nesbit
Law & Order
Mara Feder
Grey's Anatomy
Audrey Taylor
NCIS
Shada Shakarji
Medium
Sarah Jane Levitt
Great Performances
Ophelia
The Practice
Margaret Wakefield
Chicago Hope
Geri Infante
Private Practice
Sharon
Heat
Justine
Filmography
- 2022Clint Eastwood: The Last LegendSelf (archive footage)
- 2022First LoveAunt Irene
- 2021star-crossed: the filmHouse Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator
- 2015ChildlessMary
- 2015Uncovering WolfenSelf
- 2010All Good ThingsJanice Rizzo
- 2010The Wish ListBrenda
- 2009The MinistersGina Santana
- 2009Little HerculesHera
- 2009Follow the ProphetRed
- 2008Eleventh HourLea Muller
- 2008StilettoSylvia Vadalos
- 2007Private PracticeSharon
- 2005C.S. Lewis: Beyond NarniaJoy Gresham
- 2005TouchedCarole Davis
- 2005ThresholdAndrea Hatten
- 2005Self MedicatedLouise
- 2005Grey's AnatomyAudrey Taylor
- 2005The Making of 'Heat'Self
- 2005MediumSarah Jane Levitt
- 2004Breaking DawnMother
- 2004StatesideMrs. Hengen
- 2003NCISShada Shakarji
- 2003Working Shakespeare
- 2002Heartbreak HospitalSunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon
- 2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2Gabriella Francini
- 2001The Young Girl and the MonsoonGiovanna
- 2000Looking for an EchoJoanne Delgado
- 2000Race Against TimeDr. Helen Steele
- 2000HamletGertrude
- 1999The InsiderLiane Wigand
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMarilyn Nesbit
- 1999The 13th WarriorQueen Weilew
- 1999The JoyridersCeleste
- 1999True CrimeBarbara Everett
- 1997The JackalMajor Valentina Koslova
- 1997Seed: A Love StoryJulia Noble
- 1997The PracticeMargaret Wakefield
- 1996Romeo + JulietGloria Capulet
- 1996Surviving PicassoJacqueline
- 1996The SubstituteJane Hetzko
- 1996Special Report: Journey to MarsLt. Tanya Sadavoy
- 1995HeatJustine
- 1995Three WishesJoyce
- 1994Chicago HopeGeri Infante
- 1994Thunder AlleyBobbi Turner
- 1990Law & OrderMara Feder
- 1988BirdChan Parker
- 1987IronweedPeg
- 1986F/XEllen
- 1985A Midsummer Night's DreamHippolyta
- 1985Terminal ChoiceAnna Lang
- 1985A.D.Corinna
- 1984The Cotton ClubGloria Swanson
- 1983Cook & Peary: The Race to the PoleMarie Fidele Hunt
- 1981WolfenRebecca Neff
- 1971Great PerformancesOphelia
- —RSC Meets USA: Working ShakespeareSelf
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