Diane Venora

Diane Venora

Known for
Acting
Born
August 10, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Biography

Diane Venora (born August 10, 1952) is an American 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 (1988), and is also known for Heat (1995) and All Good Things (2010).

Known For

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Filmography

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RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

Movie · as Self

2022
First Love poster

First Love

Movie · as Aunt Irene

2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend poster

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
star-crossed: the film poster

star-crossed: the film

Movie · as House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator

2015
Uncovering Wolfen poster

Uncovering Wolfen

Movie · as Self

2015
Childless poster

Childless

Movie · as Mary

2010
All Good Things poster

All Good Things

Movie · as Janice Rizzo

2010
The Wish List poster

The Wish List

Movie · as Brenda

2009
The Ministers poster

The Ministers

Movie · as Gina Santana

2009
Little Hercules poster

Little Hercules

Movie · as Hera

2009
Follow the Prophet poster

Follow the Prophet

Movie · as Red

2008
Stiletto poster

Stiletto

Movie · as Sylvia Vadalos

2008
Eleventh Hour poster

Eleventh Hour

TV · as Lea Muller · 1 ep

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Sharon · 1 ep

2005
Touched poster

Touched

Movie · as Carole Davis

2005
The Making of Heat poster

The Making of Heat

Movie · as Self

2005
Self Medicated poster

Self Medicated

Movie · as Louise

2005
C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia poster

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

Movie · as Joy Gresham

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Sarah Jane Levitt · 1 ep

2005
Threshold poster

Threshold

TV · as Andrea Hatten · 4 eps

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Audrey Taylor · 1 ep

2004
Breaking Dawn poster

Breaking Dawn

Movie · as Mother

2004
Stateside poster

Stateside

Movie · as Mrs. Hengen

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Shada Shakarji · 1 ep

2003
Working Shakespeare poster

Working Shakespeare

TV · 5 eps

2002
Heartbreak Hospital poster

Heartbreak Hospital

Movie · as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon

2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 poster

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Movie · as Gabriella Francini

2001
The Young Girl and the Monsoon poster

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

Movie · as Giovanna

2000
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Gertrude

2000
Race Against Time poster

Race Against Time

Movie · as Dr. Helen Steele

2000
Looking for an Echo poster

Looking for an Echo

Movie · as Joanne Delgado

1999
The 13th Warrior poster

The 13th Warrior

Movie · as Queen Weilew

1999
The Insider poster

The Insider

Movie · as Liane Wigand

1999
The Joyriders poster

The Joyriders

Movie · as Celeste

1999
True Crime poster

True Crime

Movie · as Barbara Everett

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Marilyn Nesbit · 1 ep

1997
The Jackal poster

The Jackal

Movie · as Major Valentina Koslova

1997
Seed: A Love Story poster

Seed: A Love Story

Movie · as Julia Noble

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Margaret Wakefield · 1 ep

1996
Romeo + Juliet poster

Romeo + Juliet

Movie · as Gloria Capulet

1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars poster

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Movie · as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

1996
The Substitute poster

The Substitute

Movie · as Jane Hetzko

1996
Surviving Picasso poster

Surviving Picasso

Movie · as Jacqueline

1995
Heat poster

Heat

Movie · as Justine

1995
Three Wishes poster

Three Wishes

Movie · as Joyce

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Geri Infante · 11 eps

1994
Thunder Alley poster

Thunder Alley

TV · as Bobbi Turner · 28 eps

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Mara Feder · 1 ep

1988
Bird poster

Bird

Movie · as Chan Parker

1987
Ironweed poster

Ironweed

Movie · as Peg

1986
F/X poster

F/X

Movie · as Ellen

1985
Terminal Choice poster

Terminal Choice

Movie · as Anna Lang

1985
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Hippolyta

1985
A.D. poster

A.D.

TV · as Corinna · 5 eps

1984
The Cotton Club poster

The Cotton Club

Movie · as Gloria Swanson

1983
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole poster

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

Movie · as Marie Fidele Hunt

1981
Wolfen poster

Wolfen

Movie · as Rebecca Neff

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Ophelia · 1 ep