Actor profile

Diane Venora

10th August 1952 East Hartford, Connecticut, USA Acting

Diane Venora (born August 10, 1952) is an American 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 (1988), and is also known for Heat (1995) and All Good Things (2010).

43 Movies 14 TV Shows 58 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend poster

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend 13th November 2022 as Self (archive footage)

First Love poster

First Love 17th June 2022 as Aunt Irene

star-crossed: the film poster

star-crossed: the film 8th September 2021 as House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator

Childless poster

Childless 3rd April 2015 as Mary

Uncovering Wolfen poster

Uncovering Wolfen 2nd February 2015 as Self

All Good Things poster

All Good Things 3rd December 2010 as Janice Rizzo

The Wish List poster

The Wish List 19th July 2010 as Brenda

The Ministers poster

The Ministers 16th October 2009 as Gina Santana

Little Hercules poster

Little Hercules 8th October 2009 as Hera

Follow the Prophet poster

Follow the Prophet 23rd January 2009 as Red

Stiletto poster

Stiletto 29th April 2008 as Sylvia Vadalos

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia poster

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia 9th December 2005 as Joy Gresham

Touched poster

Touched 1st November 2005 as Carole Davis

Self Medicated poster

Self Medicated 1st June 2005 as Louise

The Making of 'Heat' poster

The Making of 'Heat' 22nd February 2005 as Self

Breaking Dawn poster

Breaking Dawn 16th October 2004 as Mother

Stateside poster

Stateside 23rd May 2004 as Mrs. Hengen

Heartbreak Hospital poster

Heartbreak Hospital 20th December 2002 as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 poster

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 7th September 2001 as Gabriella Francini

The Young Girl and the Monsoon poster

The Young Girl and the Monsoon 27th April 2001 as Giovanna

Looking for an Echo poster

Looking for an Echo 10th November 2000 as Joanne Delgado

Race Against Time poster

Race Against Time 23rd July 2000 as Dr. Helen Steele

Hamlet poster

Hamlet 12th May 2000 as Gertrude

The Insider poster

The Insider 28th October 1999 as Liane Wigand

The 13th Warrior poster

The 13th Warrior 13th August 1999 as Queen Weilew

The Joyriders poster

The Joyriders 16th April 1999 as Celeste

True Crime poster

True Crime 19th March 1999 as Barbara Everett

The Jackal poster

The Jackal 14th November 1997 as Major Valentina Koslova

Seed: A Love Story poster

Seed: A Love Story 1st May 1997 as Julia Noble

Romeo + Juliet poster

Romeo + Juliet 1st November 1996 as Gloria Capulet

Surviving Picasso poster

Surviving Picasso 4th September 1996 as Jacqueline

The Substitute poster

The Substitute 19th April 1996 as Jane Hetzko

Special Report: Journey to Mars poster

Special Report: Journey to Mars 25th March 1996 as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

Heat poster

Heat 15th December 1995 as Justine

Three Wishes poster

Three Wishes 27th October 1995 as Joyce

Bird poster

Bird 1st June 1988 as Chan Parker

Ironweed poster

Ironweed 18th December 1987 as Peg

F/X poster

F/X 7th February 1986 as Ellen

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream 19th December 1985 as Hippolyta

Terminal Choice poster

Terminal Choice 10th May 1985 as Anna Lang

The Cotton Club poster

The Cotton Club 14th December 1984 as Gloria Swanson

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole poster

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole 13th December 1983 as Marie Fidele Hunt

Wolfen poster

Wolfen 24th July 1981 as Rebecca Neff

Eleventh Hour poster

Eleventh Hour 9th October 2008 as Lea Muller

Private Practice poster

Private Practice 26th September 2007 as Sharon

Threshold poster

Threshold 16th September 2005 as Andrea Hatten

Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy 27th March 2005 as Audrey Taylor

Medium poster

Medium 3rd January 2005 as Sarah Jane Levitt

NCIS poster

NCIS 23rd September 2003 as Shada Shakarji

Working Shakespeare poster

Working Shakespeare 15th July 2003

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Marilyn Nesbit

The Practice poster

The Practice 4th March 1997 as Margaret Wakefield

Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope 18th September 1994 as Geri Infante

Thunder Alley poster

Thunder Alley 9th March 1994 as Bobbi Turner

Law & Order poster

Law & Order 13th September 1990 as Mara Feder

A.D. poster

A.D. 31st March 1985 as Corinna

Great Performances poster

Great Performances 28th January 1971 as Ophelia