Diane Venora

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.

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Marilyn Nesbit

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005 • as Audrey Taylor

NCIS

NCIS

2003 • as Shada Shakarji

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Mara Feder

Medium

Medium

2005 • as Sarah Jane Levitt

Private Practice

Private Practice

2007 • as Sharon

Filmography

2022

First Love
First Love
as Aunt Irene
Movie - Released: 6/17/2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/13/2022

2021

star-crossed: the film
star-crossed: the film
as House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator
Movie - Released: 9/8/2021

2015

Uncovering Wolfen
Uncovering Wolfen
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/2/2015
Childless
Childless
as Mary
Movie - Released: 4/3/2015

2010

All Good Things
All Good Things
as Janice Rizzo
Movie - Released: 12/3/2010
The Wish List
The Wish List
as Brenda
Movie - Released: 7/19/2010

2009

The Ministers
The Ministers
as Gina Santana
Movie - Released: 10/16/2009
Little Hercules
Little Hercules
as Hera
Movie - Released: 10/8/2009
Follow the Prophet
Follow the Prophet
as Red
Movie - Released: 1/23/2009

2008

Stiletto
Stiletto
as Sylvia Vadalos
Movie - Released: 4/29/2008
Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour
TV - Released: 10/9/2008

2007

Private Practice
Private Practice
as Sharon
TV - Released: 9/26/2007

2005

Touched
Touched
as Carole Davis
Movie - Released: 11/1/2005
The Making of 'Heat'
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/22/2005
Self Medicated
Self Medicated
as Louise
Movie - Released: 6/1/2005
C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia
C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia
as Joy Gresham
Movie - Released: 12/9/2005
Medium
Medium
as Sarah Jane Levitt
TV - Released: 1/3/2005
Threshold
Threshold
TV - Released: 9/16/2005
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
as Audrey Taylor
TV - Released: 3/27/2005

2004

Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn
as Mother
Movie - Released: 10/16/2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Justine in Heat (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/28/2004
Stateside
Stateside
as Mrs. Hengen
Movie - Released: 5/23/2004

2003

NCIS
NCIS
as Shada Shakarji
TV - Released: 9/23/2003

2002

Heartbreak Hospital
Heartbreak Hospital
as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon
Movie - Released: 12/20/2002

2001

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Gabriella Francini
Movie - Released: 9/7/2001
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
as Giovanna
Movie - Released: 4/27/2001

2000

Hamlet
Hamlet
as Gertrude
Movie - Released: 5/12/2000
Race Against Time
Race Against Time
as Dr. Helen Steele
Movie - Released: 7/23/2000
Looking for an Echo
Looking for an Echo
as Joanne Delgado
Movie - Released: 11/10/2000

1999

The 13th Warrior
The 13th Warrior
as Queen Weilew
Movie - Released: 8/13/1999
The Insider
The Insider
as Liane Wigand
Movie - Released: 10/28/1999
The Joyriders
The Joyriders
as Celeste
Movie - Released: 4/18/1999
True Crime
True Crime
as Barbara Everett
Movie - Released: 3/19/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Marilyn Nesbit
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1997

The Jackal
The Jackal
as Major Valentina Koslova
Movie - Released: 11/14/1997
Movie
Seed: A Love Story
as Julia Noble
Movie - Released: 5/1/1997
The Practice
The Practice
TV - Released: 3/4/1997

1996

Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
as Gloria Capulet
Movie - Released: 11/1/1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy
Movie - Released: 3/25/1996
The Substitute
The Substitute
as Jane Hetzko
Movie - Released: 4/19/1996
Surviving Picasso
Surviving Picasso
as Jacqueline
Movie - Released: 9/4/1996

1995

Heat
Heat
as Justine
Movie - Released: 12/15/1995
Three Wishes
Three Wishes
as Joyce
Movie - Released: 10/27/1995

1994

Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
TV - Released: 9/18/1994
Thunder Alley
Thunder Alley
as Bobbi Turner
TV - Released: 3/9/1994

1990

Law & Order
Law & Order
as Mara Feder
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1988

Bird
Bird
as Chan Parker
Movie - Released: 6/1/1988

1987

Ironweed
Ironweed
as Peg
Movie - Released: 12/18/1987

1986

F/X
F/X
as Ellen
Movie - Released: 2/7/1986

1985

Terminal Choice
Terminal Choice
as Anna Lang
Movie - Released: 5/10/1985
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Hippolyta
Movie - Released: 12/19/1985
A.D.
A.D.
as Corinna
TV - Released: 3/31/1985

1984

The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club
as Gloria Swanson
Movie - Released: 12/14/1984

1983

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
as Marie Fidele Hunt
Movie - Released: 12/13/1983

1981

Wolfen
Wolfen
as Rebecca Neff
Movie - Released: 7/24/1981

1971

Great Performances
Great Performances
as Ophelia
TV - Released: 1/28/1971