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DIANE VENORA'S BIO & RESUMÉ

Diane Venora has an impressive list of credits encompassing film, television and theater. A graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School of Drama in New York, Ms. Venora was awarded the New York Film Critics Award and received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Chan Parker in Clint Eastwood’s “Bird”. On stage she had the distinction of playing the title role in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of “Hamlet” for Joseph Papp.

Her many feature credits include two Michael Mann films, “The Insider” opposite Russell Crowe, and “Heat” opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Making her film debut in “Wolfen”, other early films include the portrayal of Gloria Swanson in “The Cotton Club” with Antonio Banderas in "The Thirteenth Warrior" and starring opposite Tom Berenger in “The Substitute”. Additional films include James Ivory’s “Surviving Picasso”, Baz Lurhmann’s “Romeo + Juliet”, Martha Coolidge’s “Three Wishes”, Michael Caton Jones’s “The Jackal” and playing Gertrude in a modern-day adaptation of “Hamlet” with Ethan Hawke. Venora recently completed production on “The Gleam of Dawn” and “Self Medicated”.

Television audiences saw her in a number of episodes of the Emmy Award winning CBS series, ”Chicago Hope” as Dr. Geri Infante. Other television series appearances include episodes of NBC’s “Law and Order” and “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.” Venora has also appeared in a number of movies for television.

Ms. Venora continues to work in theater, coaching, teaching and studying the classics.

Film

OMEGA CODE 2	Independent	Brian Trenchard-Smith
HAMLET	Miramax	Michael Almeroyda
THE INSIDER	Disney	Michael Mann
YOUNG GIRL AND THE MONSOON	Independent	Jim Ryan
TRUE CRIME	Warner Bros.	Clint Eastwood
THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR	Disney	John McTiernan
THE JACKAL	Universal	Michael Caton Jones
ROMEO AND JULIET	20th Century Fox	Baz Luhrmann
SURVIVING PICASSO	Warner Bros.	James Mandel
HEAT	Warner Bros.	Michael Mann
THREE WISHES	Savoy	Martha Coolidge
BIRD	Warner Bros.	Clint Eastwood
IRONWEED	Tristar	Hector Babenco
F/X	Orion	Robert Mandel
THE COTTON CLUB	Orion	Francis Ford Coppola
CRITICAL LIST	Independent	Sheldon Larry
WOLFEN	Warner Bros.	Michael Wadleigh
ALL THAT JAZZ	20th Century Fox	Bob Fosse

Television

THE PRACTICE	ABC
SPECIAL REPORT - JOURNEY TO MARS	CBS/MOW
CHICAGO HOPE	CBS
THUNDER ALLEY	ABC
ANNO DOMINI	NBC/Miniseries

Theater

GOD OF VENGEANCE	Williamstown Theatre
NECESSARY TARGETS	Variety Arts Theatre
TWO HAROLD PINTER ONE ACTS	A.C.T. San Francisco (Premiere)
THE TONGUE OF A BIRD	Mark Taper Forum
HAMLET	NY Shakespeare Festival
THE WINTER'S TALE	NYSF
TOMORROW'S MONDAY	Circle Repertory Company
THE SEAGULL	BYRD Cliff Theatre Club at City Center
PEER GYNT	Williamston Theatre Festival
UNCLE VANYA	La Mama
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM	NYSF
MISS JULIE	Lincoln Center Institute
PENQUIN TOUQUET	Public Theatre

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