
Diane Venora
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1952-08-10 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- دایان ونورا
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
TV Shows (14)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Marilyn Nesbit

Law & Order
1990
as Mara Feder

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Audrey Taylor

NCIS
2003
as Shada Shakarji

Medium
2005
as Sarah Jane Levitt

Chicago Hope
1994
as Geri Infante

The Practice
1997
as Margaret Wakefield

Great Performances
1971
as Ophelia

Private Practice
2007
as Sharon

Eleventh Hour
2008
as Lea Muller

Threshold
2005
as Andrea Hatten

A.D.
1985
as Corinna

Thunder Alley
1994
as Bobbi Turner

Working Shakespeare
2003
Movies (43)

Heat
1995
as Justine

The Jackal
1997
as Major Valentina Koslova

The 13th Warrior
1999
as Queen Weilew

Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Gloria Capulet

All Good Things
2010
as Janice Rizzo

The Substitute
1996
as Jane Hetzko

The Insider
1999
as Liane Wigand

F/X
1986
as Ellen

True Crime
1999
as Barbara Everett

Stiletto
2008
as Sylvia Vadalos

The Cotton Club
1984
as Gloria Swanson

Ironweed
1987
as Peg

Surviving Picasso
1996
as Jacqueline

First Love
2022
as Aunt Irene

Wolfen
1981
as Rebecca Neff

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Gabriella Francini

Bird
1988
as Chan Parker

Little Hercules
2009
as Hera

Hamlet
2000
as Gertrude

Heartbreak Hospital
2002
as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Stateside
2004
as Mrs. Hengen

Three Wishes
1995
as Joyce

Terminal Choice
1985
as Anna Lang

The Ministers
2009
as Gina Santana

The Wish List
2010
as Brenda

The Joyriders
1999
as Celeste

Looking for an Echo
2000
as Joanne Delgado

Touched
2005
as Carole Davis

star-crossed: the film
2021
as House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator

Seed: A Love Story
1997
as Julia Noble

The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self

Self Medicated
2005
as Louise

Race Against Time
2000
as Dr. Helen Steele

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
1983
as Marie Fidele Hunt

Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

Uncovering Wolfen
2015
as Self

Breaking Dawn
2004
as Mother

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1985
as Hippolyta

Follow the Prophet
2009
as Red

Childless
2015
as Mary

The Young Girl and the Monsoon
2001
as Giovanna

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia
2005
as Joy Gresham
About Diane Venora
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. With 57 credits spanning from 1971 to 2022, Diane Venora has appeared in 43 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Diane Venora Movies
- Heat (1995) — as Justine
- The Jackal (1997) — as Major Valentina Koslova
- The 13th Warrior (1999) — as Queen Weilew
- Romeo + Juliet (1996) — as Gloria Capulet
- All Good Things (2010) — as Janice Rizzo
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