Diane Venora
Acting
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.
Born: August 10, 1952
Place of Birth: East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Heat
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
The Practice
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
NCIS
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
Los Angeles Plays Itself
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Private Practice
Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.
The Insider
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Medium
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
Law & Order
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Aunt Irene
as House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator
as Mary
as Self
as Janice Rizzo
as Brenda
as Gina Santana
as Hera
as Red
as Lea Muller
as Sylvia Vadalos
as Sharon
as Joy Gresham
as Carole Davis
as Andrea Hatten
as Louise
as Audrey Taylor
as Self
as Sarah Jane Levitt
as Mother
as Justine in Heat (archive footage)
as Mrs. Hengen
as Shada Shakarji
as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon
as Gabriella Francini
as Giovanna
as Joanne Delgado
as Dr. Helen Steele
as Gertrude
as Liane Wigand
as Marilyn Nesbit
as Queen Weilew
as Celeste
as Barbara Everett
as Major Valentina Koslova
as Margaret Wakefield
as Gloria Capulet
as Jacqueline
as Jane Hetzko
as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy
as Justine
as Joyce
as Geri Infante
as Bobbi Turner
as Mara Feder
as Chan Parker
as Peg
as Ellen
as Hippolyta
as Anna Lang
as Corinna
as Gloria Swanson
as Marie Fidele Hunt
as Rebecca Neff
as Ophelia