Adina Porter Biography ((?)-)
Addresses: Contact: c/o Cornerstone Theatre Company, 708 Traction Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90013.
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Appearances
- Violet Moone, The Debutante Ball, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II,New York City, 1988
- Esther, Jersey City, Second Stage, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New YorkCity, 1990
- Carla and first dancer, Girl Gone, Manhattan Class Company Theatre, New York City, 1994
- Anansi, Dancing on Moonlight, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1995
- Kiki, Silence, Cunning, Exile, New York Shakespeare Festival, Martinson Hall, Public Theatre, New York City, 1995
- Sartje, Baartman, and Venus Hottentot, Venus, New York ShakespeareFestival, Martinson Hall, Public Theatre, 1996
- Fortune teller and prison inmate, Amazing Grace, Theatre Four, NewYork City, 1998
- Ellen, The Misanthrope, Classic Stage Company Theatre, New York City, 1999
- Hurricane, Naked Angels, Classic Stage Company Theatre, 1999
- Katy, The Alchemist, Classic Stage Company Theatre, 2000
- Multiple roles, The Women, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2001-2002
- Appeared as Lucy, Mary Shelley's Santa Claus, Cornerstone TheatreCompany, Armory Northwest Theatre, Pasadena, CA; appeared in Body of Faith, Cornerstone Theatre Company, Renberg Theatre, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, Hollywood, CA; appeared in The Ride down Mt. Morgan; also performed at New York Stage and Film Theatre, New York City.
- Film Appearances
- Stenographer, Swoon, Fine Line, 1992
- Janet, Dream and Memory, 1993
- New York police officer, The Peacemaker, DreamWorks, 1997
- Detective Thompson, Body Shots, New Line Cinema, 1999
- The Last Days of May, 1999
- Silver, The Fluffer, First Run Features, 2001
- Lauren Gunther, Pipe Dream, Castle Hill, 2002
- Appeared in the short film Lucky.
- Television Appearances
- Series
- Gwen Walker, a recurring role, American Dreams, NBC, 2003
- Specials
- Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory, CBS, 1986
- Hospital nurse, Stage on Screen: The Women (also known as The Women), PBS, 2002
- Episodic
- Woman neighbor, "Out of the Half-Light," Law & Order, NBC, 1990
- Jasmine Hopkins, "School Ties," New York Undercover, Fox, 1994
- Sheryl Decker, "Nurture," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
- Mary Byman, "Savages," Law & Order, NBC, 1995
- Rachel Forman, "Repentance," Brimstone, Fox, 1998
- "The Grinch," Snoops, ABC, 1999
- Diane, "Where's the Justice in That?," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 2000
- Hazina Bile, "Smoochas Gracias," City of Angels, CBS, 2000
- Hospital volunteer, "Unnecessary Roughness," Judging Amy, CBS, 2000
- Tisha Lowell, "Dying to Testify," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2001
- Assistant district attorney, "Monster," The Guardian, CBS, 2002
- Gwen Walker, "Silent Night," American Dreams, NBC, 2002
- Malia, "Compassionate Release," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2002
- Vicki Moran, "Prisoner Exchange," Crossing Jordan, NBC, 2002
- Ifeoma, "Meet the Grandparents," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2003
- Appeared as Angela Withers in an episode of Brooklyn South, CBS; also appeared in Working It Out, NBC; and in The Mind of a Married Man.
- Pilots
- Second Opinion, CBS, 1998
- Ella's assistant, The District, CBS, 2000
- Other
- Girl at group therapy session, Gia (movie), HBO, 1998