Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

58

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-08-10 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

دایان ونورا

Diane Venora

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.

Known For

Heat

Heat

The Insider

The Insider

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

Acting

Romeo + Juliet

1996

Romeo + Juliet

as

Gloria Capulet

Heat

1995

Heat

as

Justine

The 13th Warrior

1999

The 13th Warrior

as

Queen Weilew

Hamlet

2000

Hamlet

as

Gertrude

The Jackal

1997

The Jackal

as

Major Valentina Koslova

Bird

1988

Bird

as

Chan Parker

star-crossed: the film

2021

star-crossed: the film

as

House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator

The Insider

1999

The Insider

as

Liane Wigand

Breaking Dawn

2004

Breaking Dawn

as

Mother

F/X

1986

F/X

as

Ellen

The Ministers

2009

The Ministers

as

Gina Santana

Stiletto

2008

Stiletto

as

Sylvia Vadalos

All Good Things

2010

All Good Things

as

Janice Rizzo

Three Wishes

1995

Three Wishes

as

Joyce

Touched

2005

Touched

as

Carole Davis

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as

Justine in Heat (archive footage)

Race Against Time

2000

Race Against Time

as

Dr. Helen Steele

Little Hercules

2009

Little Hercules

as

Hera

Heartbreak Hospital

2002

Heartbreak Hospital

as

Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon

The Joyriders

1999

The Joyriders

as

Celeste

The Wish List

2010

The Wish List

as

Brenda

Follow the Prophet

2009

Follow the Prophet

as

Red

Looking for an Echo

2000

Looking for an Echo

as

Joanne Delgado

Terminal Choice

1985

Terminal Choice

as

Anna Lang

First Love

2022

First Love

as

Aunt Irene

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

as

Gabriella Francini

True Crime

1999

True Crime

as

Barbara Everett

The Making of 'Heat'

2005

The Making of 'Heat'

as

Self

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996

Special Report: Journey to Mars

as

Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

The Substitute

1996

The Substitute

as

Jane Hetzko

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

1983

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

as

Marie Fidele Hunt

The Cotton Club

1984

The Cotton Club

as

Gloria Swanson

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1985

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as

Hippolyta

Uncovering Wolfen

2015

Uncovering Wolfen

as

Self

Seed: A Love Story

1997

Seed: A Love Story

as

Julia Noble

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as

Self (archive footage)

Childless

2015

Childless

as

Mary

Stateside

2004

Stateside

as

Mrs. Hengen

Ironweed

1987

Ironweed

as

Peg

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

2001

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

as

Giovanna

Wolfen

1981

Wolfen

as

Rebecca Neff

Self Medicated

2005

Self Medicated

as

Louise

Surviving Picasso

1996

Surviving Picasso

as

Jacqueline

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

2005

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

as

Joy Gresham

Medium

Medium

as

Sarah Jane Levitt

Threshold

Threshold

as

Andrea Hatten

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as

Marilyn Nesbit

The Practice

The Practice

as

Margaret Wakefield

Private Practice

Private Practice

as

Sharon

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

as

Eleventh Hour

Eleventh Hour

as

Lea Muller

Thunder Alley

Thunder Alley

as

Bobbi Turner

A.D.

A.D.

as

Corinna

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Mara Feder

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Audrey Taylor

NCIS

NCIS

as

Shada Shakarji

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Ophelia

Working Shakespeare

Working Shakespeare

as

Production

Crew

Directing