Diane Venora

Diane Venora

71 · Born: Aug 10, 1952

Known For

Heat Heat
The Jackal The Jackal
Romeo + Juliet Romeo + Juliet
Bird Bird
The 13th Warrior The 13th Warrior
The Insider The Insider

Personal Details

Born Aug 10, 1952 East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Parents
  • Robert P. Venora
  • Marie Brooks

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.

Career

2021
Star-Crossed: The Film
Star-Crossed: The Film as House Mother and School Administrator and Demonstrator
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2015
Childless
Childless as Mary
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2010
All Good Things
All Good Things as Janice Rizzo
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The Wish List
The Wish List as Brenda
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2009
Follow the Prophet
Follow the Prophet
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Little Hercules in 3-D
Little Hercules in 3-D as Hera
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The Ministers
The Ministers as Gina Santana
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NCIS
NCIS as Shada Shakarji
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2008
Stiletto
Stiletto as Sylvia Vadalos
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Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour
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2006
Medium
Medium as Sarah Jane Levitt
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2005
Touched
Touched as Carole Davis
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C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia
C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia as Joy Gresham
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Self Medicated
Self Medicated as Louise
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Threshold
Threshold
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2004
Stateside
Stateside as Mrs. Hengen
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Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn as Mother
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2003
Race Against Time
Race Against Time as Dr. Helen Steele
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Marilyn Nesbit
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2002
Heartbreak Hospital
Heartbreak Hospital as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon
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2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as Gabriella Francini
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The Young Girl and the Monsoon
The Young Girl and the Monsoon as Giovanna
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2000
Hamlet
Hamlet as Gertrude
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Looking for an Echo
Looking for an Echo as Joanne Delgado
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1999
The Insider
The Insider as Liane Wigand
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The Joyriders
The Joyriders as Celeste
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The 13th Warrior
The 13th Warrior as Queen Weilew
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True Crime
True Crime as Barbara Everett
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1997
The Jackal
The Jackal as Major Valentina Koslova
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1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Special Report: Journey to Mars as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy
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The Substitute
The Substitute as Jane Hetzko
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1995
Three Wishes
Three Wishes as Joyce
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Heat
Heat as Justine Hanna
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1994
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
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Thunder Alley
Thunder Alley as Bobbi Turner
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1990
Great Performances
Great Performances as Ophelia
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Great Performances
Great Performances as Ophelia
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1988
Bird
Bird as Chan Parker
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1987
Ironweed
Ironweed as Peg
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1986
F/X
F/X as Ellen
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1985
Terminal Choice
Terminal Choice as Anna Lang
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A.D.
A.D. as Corinna
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1983
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole as Marie Fidele Hunt
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1981
Wolfen
Wolfen as Rebecca Neff
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