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Diane Venora Biography (1952-)

Original name, Diana Venora; born August 10, 1952, in Hartford (some sourcescite East Hartford), CT; daughter of Robert (owner of a dry cleaning establishment) and Marie Venora; married Andrzej Bartkowiak (a cinematographer; divorced); children: Madzia. Addresses: Agent: Innovative Artists, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2850, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Creative Artists Agency,9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Seven Summit Pictures and Management, 8447 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 206, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

August 10, 1952

Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• The other woman, Penguin Touquet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Miss Julie, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Institute, New York City, 1981
• Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night's Dream, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Title role, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre,1982-83
• Yelyna, Uncle Vanya, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Annex, NewYork City, 1983
• Green woman, Peer Gynt, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1984
• Rachel, Messiah, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1984-85
• Lora Allen, Tomorrow's Monday, Circle Repertory Company, New YorkCity, 1985
• The Seagull, River Arts Repertory, Woodstock, NY, 1985
• Lady Teazle, School for Scandal, Williamstown Theatre Festival, 1986
• Lucy, Largo Desolato, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1986
• Lady Margaret More, A Man for All Seasons, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City, 1986-87
• Hermione, The Winter's Tale, New York Shakespeare Festival, PublicTheatre, 1989
• Ophelia, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1990
• Mother, The Tongue of a Bird, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1998
• Gertrude, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1999-2000
• Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 2000
• Celebration [and] The Room (double-bill), American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA, 2001
• Ziata, Necessary Targets, Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT, 2001, Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, 2002
• Sara, God of Vengeance, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Adams Memorial Theatre, 2002
• Appeared in The Country Wife, Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, MA; inA Man for All Seasons, Paramount Theatre Company; and in Three Sisters, Princeton Acting Ensemble.
• Film Appearances
• All That Jazz, Columbia, 1979
• Rebecca Neff, Wolfen, Warner Bros., 1981
• Gloria Swanson, The Cotton Club, Orion, 1984
• Anna Lang, Terminal Choice (also known as Critical List, Death Bed, Death List, and Trauma), Almi, 1985
• Ellen, F/X (also known as F/X: Murder by Illusion and Murder by Illusion), Orion, 1986
• Peg Phelan, Ironweed, TriStar, 1987
• Chan Parker, Bird, Warner Bros., 1988
• Joyce, Three Wishes, Savoy Pictures, 1995
• Justine Hanna, Heat, Warner Bros., 1995
• Jacqueline, Surviving Picasso, Warner Bros., 1996
• Jane Hetzko, The Substitute, Orion, 1996
• Lady Gloria Capulet, Romeo + Juliet (also known as Romeo and Juliet and William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Major Valentina Koslova, The Jackal (also known as The Day of the Jackal, Der Schakal, and Le chacal), Universal, 1997
• Queen Weilew, The 13th Warrior (also known as Eaters of the Dead, The Thirteenth Warrior, and The Vikings), Buena Vista, 1998
• Barbara Everett, True Crime, Warner Bros., 1999
• Celeste, The Joyriders, Providence Entertainment, 1999
• Giovanna, The Young Girl and the Monsoon, Artistic License Films,1999
• Liane Wigand, The Insider (also known as Man of the People, 60 Minutes, Untitled Michael Mann Film, and The Untitled Tobacco Project), Buena Vista, 1999
• Man of the People, Buena Vista, 1999
• Gertrude, Hamlet, Miramax, 2000
• Joanne, Looking for an Echo, Regent Entertainment, c. 2000
• Gabriella Francini, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (also known as Megiddo), Gener8Xtion Entertainment, 2001
• Sunday Tyler/Andrea Harmon, Heartbreak Hospital, Media Luna Entertainment, 2001, Seventh Art Releasing, 2002
• Mrs. Hengen, Stateside (also known as Sinners), Samuel Goldwyn, 2004
• Mother, Breaking Dawn, Castlight Pictures/Sodium Entertainment, 2004
• Carole Davis, Touched, North by Northwest Entertainment, 2005
• Louise Eriksen, Self Medicated, 2005
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Roberta "Bobbi" Turner, Thunder Alley, ABC, 1994
• Dr. Geri Infante, a recurring role, Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994-95
• Miniseries
• Corinna, A.D. (also known as A.D.--Anno Domini), NBC, 1985
• Movies
• Marie Fidele Hunt, Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole, CBS, 1983
• Lieutenant Tanya Sadavoy, Special Report: Journey to Mars, CBS, 1996
• Dr. Helen Steele, Race against Time (also known as Gabriel's Run), TNT, 2000
• Specials
• Hamlet, Rehearsing Hamlet (documentary), ABC, 1982
• Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1982
• Ophelia, "Hamlet," Great Performances, PBS, 1990
• Julia Noble, Seed: A Love Story, Lifetime, 1998
• Episodic
• Steinmetz's daughter, "Night and Fog," Law and Order, NBC, 1992
• Herself, "The Films of Michael Mann," The Directors, Encore, 2000
• Margaret Wakefield, "Appeal and Denial," The Practice, ABC, 2000
• Marilyn Nesbit, "Home," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC,2004
• Andrea Hatten, "The Order," Threshold, CBS, 2005
• Andrea Hatten, "Shock," Threshold, CBS, 2005
• Andrea Hatten, "Trees Made of Glass: Parts 1 & 2," Threshold,CBS, 2005
• Pilots
• Melanie, Getting There, CBS, 1980
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Herself, The Making of "The Jackal," Universal Studios Home Video,1998
• Herself, The Making of "Heat," Warner Home Video, 2005

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Empire, February, 1998, pp. 56-57
• Entertainment Weekly, November 21, 1997, pp. 70-76
• People Weekly, December 8, 1997, pp. 129-31