Diane Venora

Diane Venora

Acting • Born 1952-08-10

Acting2East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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.

Filmography

58 credits
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

Movie • 1996

Gloria Capulet

Heat

Heat

Movie • 1995

Justine

The 13th Warrior

The 13th Warrior

Movie • 1999

Queen Weilew

Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie • 2000

Gertrude

The Jackal

The Jackal

Movie • 1997

Major Valentina Koslova

Bird

Bird

Movie • 1988

Chan Parker

star-crossed: the film

star-crossed: the film

Movie • 2021

House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator

The Insider

The Insider

Movie • 1999

Liane Wigand

Breaking Dawn

Breaking Dawn

Movie • 2004

Mother

F/X

F/X

Movie • 1986

Ellen

The Ministers

The Ministers

Movie • 2009

Gina Santana

Stiletto

Stiletto

Movie • 2008

Sylvia Vadalos

All Good Things

All Good Things

Movie • 2010

Janice Rizzo

Three Wishes

Three Wishes

Movie • 1995

Joyce

Touched

Touched

Movie • 2005

Carole Davis

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Movie • 2004

Justine in Heat (archive footage)

Race Against Time

Race Against Time

Movie • 2000

Dr. Helen Steele

Little Hercules

Little Hercules

Movie • 2009

Hera

Heartbreak Hospital

Heartbreak Hospital

Movie • 2002

Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon

The Joyriders

The Joyriders

Movie • 1999

Celeste

The Wish List

The Wish List

Movie • 2010

Brenda

Follow the Prophet

Follow the Prophet

Movie • 2009

Red

Looking for an Echo

Looking for an Echo

Movie • 2000

Joanne Delgado

Terminal Choice

Terminal Choice

Movie • 1985

Anna Lang

First Love

First Love

Movie • 2022

Aunt Irene

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Movie • 2001

Gabriella Francini

True Crime

True Crime

Movie • 1999

Barbara Everett

The Making of 'Heat'

The Making of 'Heat'

Movie • 2005

Self

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Movie • 1996

Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

The Substitute

The Substitute

Movie • 1996

Jane Hetzko

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

Movie • 1983

Marie Fidele Hunt

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

Movie • 1984

Gloria Swanson

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie • 1985

Hippolyta

Uncovering Wolfen

Uncovering Wolfen

Movie • 2015

Self

Seed: A Love Story

Seed: A Love Story

Movie • 1997

Julia Noble

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Movie • 2022

Self (archive footage)

Childless

Childless

Movie • 2015

Mary

Stateside

Stateside

Movie • 2004

Mrs. Hengen

Ironweed

Ironweed

Movie • 1987

Peg

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

Movie • 2001

Giovanna

Wolfen

Wolfen

Movie • 1981

Rebecca Neff

Self Medicated

Self Medicated

Movie • 2005

Louise

Surviving Picasso

Surviving Picasso

Movie • 1996

Jacqueline

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

Movie • 2005

Joy Gresham

Medium

Medium

TV • 2005

Sarah Jane Levitt

Threshold

Threshold

TV • 2005

Andrea Hatten

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV • 1999

Marilyn Nesbit

The Practice

The Practice

TV • 1997

Margaret Wakefield

Private Practice

Private Practice

TV • 2007

Sharon

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

TV • 1994

Geri Infante

Eleventh Hour

Eleventh Hour

TV • 2008

Lea Muller

Thunder Alley

Thunder Alley

TV • 1994

Bobbi Turner

A.D.

A.D.

TV • 1985

Corinna

Law & Order

Law & Order

TV • 1990

Mara Feder

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

TV • 2005

Audrey Taylor

NCIS

NCIS

TV • 2003

Shada Shakarji

Great Performances

Great Performances

TV • 1971

Ophelia

Working Shakespeare

Working Shakespeare

TV • 2003