Diane Venora

Diane Venora

1952-08-10 East Hartford, Connecticut, USA 44 Credits

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.

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Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.4
Acting

The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career in Hollywood, highlighted iconic films like The Go...

First Love

First Love

2022

as Aunt Irene

5.7
Acting

A young man’s difficult entry into adulthood, who experiences the highs and lows of his first love, while dealing with the familial fallout spurred by...

star-crossed: the film

star-crossed: the film

2021

as House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator

6.7
Acting

Takes the music from the studio to the screen with gorgeous visuals and a sense of heightened reality envisioned by Musgraves and Zeinali and shot by ...

Childless

Childless

2015

as Mary

4.5
Acting

Katherine is a typical teenager. Today's her funeral. The four adults in her life have a lot on their mind - and it's not all about Katherine either. ...

Uncovering Wolfen

Uncovering Wolfen

2015

as Self

Acting

After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political activist Michael Wadleigh spent many years in Hollywood wri...

All Good Things

All Good Things

2010

as Janice Rizzo

6.1
Acting

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murd...

The Wish List

The Wish List

2010

as Brenda

6.5
Acting

Sarah Fisher, an overly organized, by-the-numbers kind of woman, makes a "wish list" of all the qualities and traits her future husband should have. A...

The Ministers

The Ministers

2009

as Gina Santana

4.3
Acting

A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.

Little Hercules

Little Hercules

2009

as Hera

2.5
Acting

Little Hercules travels from Mt. Olympus to live life as a mortal in Los Angeles.

Follow the Prophet

Follow the Prophet

2009

as Red

5.7
Acting

Follow the Prophet is an American film that was written by and stars Robert Chimento, which was created to show how polygamist lifestyles affect the c...

Stiletto

Stiletto

2008

as Sylvia Vadalos

4.7
Acting

The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her...

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

2005

as Joy Gresham

7.2
Acting

Readers and fans worldwide know the land of Narnia and the magical beings who dwell there. But few know the genius who created this beloved fantasy. N...

Touched

Touched

2005

as Carole Davis

6.6
Acting

A devoted nurse falls in love with a formerly comatose patient who has lost his sense of touch.

Self Medicated

Self Medicated

2005

as Louise

5.5
Acting

Based on true events. On the edges of Las Vegas, 17-year-old Andrew's life is spiraling out of control. Unable to cope with the loss of his father, An...

The Making of 'Heat'

The Making of 'Heat'

2005

as Self

5.0
Acting

Behind the scenes documentary on the classic Michael Mann heist film.

Breaking Dawn

Breaking Dawn

2004

as Mother

5.5
Acting

Within the confines of an insane asylum languish many would-be seers and messiahs. Medical students meet them day in, day out. But when Eve meets Don ...

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Justine in Heat (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

Stateside

Stateside

2004

as Mrs. Hengen

4.9
Acting

The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she dev...

Heartbreak Hospital

Heartbreak Hospital

2002

as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon

6.3
Acting

Neely, an aspiring actress, gets a role on the popular soap opera "Heartbreak Hospital." Her neighbor, Lottie, a huge fan of the show, can't different...

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001

as Gabriella Francini

4.6
Acting

Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world govern...

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

2001

as Giovanna

Acting

A photojournalist (Terry Kinney) upsets his daughter (Ellen Muth) and loses his girlfriend (Mili Avital) by covering stories in remote and dangerous l...

Looking for an Echo

Looking for an Echo

2000

as Joanne Delgado

2.7
Acting

The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces about the good ol' days and a potential comeback.

Race Against Time

Race Against Time

2000

as Dr. Helen Steele

4.9
Acting

When a man faces surmounting bills for his dying son's hospital stay, he enters into an agreement to sell his body for organ transplants to pay the bi...

Hamlet

Hamlet

2000

as Gertrude

5.8
Acting

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

The Insider

The Insider

1999

as Liane Wigand

7.5
Acting

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

The 13th Warrior

The 13th Warrior

1999

as Queen Weilew

6.7
Acting

A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they trave...

The Joyriders

The Joyriders

1999

as Celeste

4.5
Acting

The close-knit relationship among a trio of homeless teenagers is changed forever after they kidnap a suicidal septuagenarian for his car and money.

True Crime

True Crime

1999

as Barbara Everett

6.5
Acting

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row ...

The Jackal

The Jackal

1997

as Major Valentina Koslova

6.4
Acting

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal prov...

Seed: A Love Story

1997

as Julia Noble

Acting

Julia Noble is a tough cop with a ticking biological clock. When she decides to have a baby through artificial insemination, she's shocked to learn th...

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996

as Gloria Capulet

6.8
Acting

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the...

Surviving Picasso

Surviving Picasso

1996

as Jacqueline

5.8
Acting

The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocio...

The Substitute

The Substitute

1996

as Jane Hetzko

6.9
Acting

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend g...

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996

as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

5.0
Acting

When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and the...

Heat

Heat

1995

as Justine

7.9
Acting

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna p...

Three Wishes

Three Wishes

1995

as Joyce

6.2
Acting

While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud, who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invite...

Bird

Bird

1988

as Chan Parker

6.8
Acting

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict bu...

Ironweed

Ironweed

1987

as Peg

6.3
Acting

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

F/X

F/X

1986

as Ellen

6.6
Acting

A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross hi...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1985

as Hippolyta

6.0
Acting

Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair of young lovers flee into the forest ...

Terminal Choice

Terminal Choice

1985

as Anna Lang

3.7
Acting

A patient in an hospital dies under mysterious circumstances. The attending doctor Frank Holt gets under suspect - he'd been fired already from his la...

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

1984

as Gloria Swanson

6.5
Acting

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

1983

as Marie Fidele Hunt

6.0
Acting

Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole is an unabashedly biased recreation of the controversy concerning the "conquering" of the North Pole. Robert E. P...

Wolfen

Wolfen

1981

as Rebecca Neff

5.9
Acting

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral ani...