Diane Venora

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Aug 10, 1952 (73)
Birthplace	East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Popularity	1 (history)
Updated	Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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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. ...

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First Love

2022

as Aunt Irene

star-crossed: the film

2021

as House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator

Childless

2015

as Mary

The Wish List

2010

as Brenda

All Good Things

2010

as Janice Rizzo

Little Hercules

2009

as Hera

The Ministers

2009

as Gina Santana

Stiletto

2008

as Sylvia Vadalos

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

2005

as Joy Gresham

Self Medicated

2005

as Louise

Touched

2005

as Carole Davis

Breaking Dawn

2004

as Mother

Stateside

2004

as Mrs. Hengen

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Justine in Heat (archive footage)

Race Against Time

2003

as Dr. Helen Steele

Heartbreak Hospital

2002

as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001

as Gabriella Francini

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

2001

as Giovanna

Looking for an Echo

2000

as Joanne Delgado

Hamlet

2000

as Gertrude

The 13th Warrior

1999

as Queen Weilew

The Insider

1999

as Liane Wigand

The Joyriders

1999

as Celeste

True Crime

1999

as Barbara Everett

Seed: A Love Story

1997

as Julia Noble

The Jackal

1997

as Major Valentina Koslova

The Substitute

1996

as Jane Hetzko

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996

as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

Surviving Picasso

1996

as Jacqueline

Romeo + Juliet

1996

as Gloria Capulet

Heat

1995

as Justine

Three Wishes

1995

as Joyce

Bird

1988

as Chan Parker

Ironweed

1987

as Peg

F/X

1986

as Ellen

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1985

as Hippolyta

Terminal Choice

1985

as Anna Lang

The Cotton Club

1984

as Gloria Swanson

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

1983

as Marie Fidele Hunt

Wolfen

1981

as Rebecca Neff

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Organization	Category	Movie
BAFTA Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Mandela	Nominated
Sundance Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	River's Edge	Won

Thunder Alley

as Bobbi Turner

Episodes: 29

First Aired: Mar 09, 1994

A.D.

as Corinna

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Mar 31, 1985

Medium

as Sarah Jane Levitt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 2005

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Marilyn Nesbit

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Private Practice

as Sharon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2007

Law & Order

as Mara Feder

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

Grey's Anatomy

as Audrey Taylor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 27, 2005

NCIS

as Shada Shakarji

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

Great Performances

as Ophelia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

Chicago Hope

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Sep 18, 1994

Threshold

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 16, 2005

The Practice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

Eleventh Hour

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 2008

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Year	Month	Avg	Max	Min
2024	6	28	37	18
2024	7	42	64	19
2024	8	30	53	19
2024	9	24	50	13
2024	10	18	33	12
2024	11	14	24	7
2024	12	17	28	10
2025	1	22	36	11
2025	2	14	26	2
2025	3	7	16	1
2025	4	1	1	1
2025	5	2	3	1
2025	6	1	2	1
2025	7	1	1	1
2025	8	1	2	1
2025	9	1	1	0
2025	10	1	2	1

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