Cast & creator
Diane Venora
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Grey's Anatomy
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).
Also known as: دایان ونورا
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film credits
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television credits
58
1971–2022 · acting roles
6.4
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Marilyn Nesbit
1999
Law & Order
Mara Feder
1990
Grey's Anatomy
Audrey Taylor
2005
NCIS
Shada Shakarji
2003
Chicago Hope
Geri Infante
1994
Medium
Sarah Jane Levitt
2005
Great Performances
Ophelia
1971
The Practice
Margaret Wakefield
1997
Private Practice
Sharon
2007
Heat
Justine
1995
Eleventh Hour
Lea Muller
2008
Romeo + Juliet
Gloria Capulet
1996
Threshold
Andrea Hatten
2005
The Jackal
Major Valentina Koslova
1997
The 13th Warrior
Queen Weilew
1999
The Insider
Liane Wigand
1999
Thunder Alley
Bobbi Turner
1994
A.D.
Corinna
1985
The Cotton Club
Gloria Swanson
1984
All Good Things
Janice Rizzo
2010
True Crime
Barbara Everett
1999
The Substitute
Jane Hetzko
1996
Working Shakespeare
2003
Wolfen
Rebecca Neff
1981
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022
Surviving Picasso
Jacqueline
1996
F/X
Ellen
1986
Three Wishes
Joyce
1995
First Love
Aunt Irene
2022
Stiletto
Sylvia Vadalos
2008
Bird
Chan Parker
1988
Ironweed
Peg
1987
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Gabriella Francini
2001
The Ministers
Gina Santana
2009
Race Against Time
Dr. Helen Steele
2000
The Wish List
Brenda
2010
Hamlet
Gertrude
2000
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
Marie Fidele Hunt
1983
The Making of 'Heat'
Self
2005
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
Giovanna
2001
star-crossed: the film
House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator
2021
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hippolyta
1985
Looking for an Echo
Joanne Delgado
2000
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Lt. Tanya Sadavoy
1996
Terminal Choice
Anna Lang
1985
The Joyriders
Celeste
1999
Seed: A Love Story
Julia Noble
1997
Breaking Dawn
Mother
2004
Self Medicated
Louise
2005
Stateside
Mrs. Hengen
2004RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
Touched
Carole Davis
2005
Little Hercules
Hera
2009
Uncovering Wolfen
Self
2015
Childless
Mary
2015
C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia
Joy Gresham
2005
Follow the Prophet
Red
2009
Heartbreak Hospital
Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon
2002