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
(1995)
Justine
Romeo + Juliet
(1996)
Gloria Capulet
The 13th Warrior
(1999)
Queen Weilew
The Substitute
(1996)
Jane Hetzko
True Crime
(1999)
Barbara Everett
The Insider
(1999)
Liane Wigand
The Jackal
(1997)
Major Valentina Koslova
All Good Things
(2010)
Janice Rizzo
Bird
(1988)
Chan Parker
Stiletto
(2008)
Sylvia Vadalos
Surviving Picasso
(1996)
Jacqueline
The Cotton Club
(1984)
Gloria Swanson
Wolfen
(1981)
Rebecca Neff
Hamlet
(2000)
Gertrude
F/X
(1986)
Ellen
Ironweed
(1987)
Peg
Full Filmography
Acting
Wolfen
(1981)
Rebecca Neff
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
(1983)
Marie Fidele Hunt
The Cotton Club
(1984)
Gloria Swanson
Terminal Choice
(1985)
Anna Lang
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1985)
Hippolyta
F/X
(1986)
Ellen
Ironweed
(1987)
Peg
Bird
(1988)
Chan Parker
Heat
(1995)
Justine
Three Wishes
(1995)
Joyce
Romeo + Juliet
(1996)
Gloria Capulet
The Substitute
(1996)
Jane Hetzko
Surviving Picasso
(1996)
Jacqueline
Special Report: Journey to Mars
(1996)
Lt. Tanya Sadavoy
The Jackal
(1997)
Major Valentina Koslova
Seed: A Love Story
(1997)
Julia Noble
The 13th Warrior
(1999)
Queen Weilew
The Insider
(1999)
Liane Wigand
The Joyriders
(1999)
Celeste
True Crime
(1999)
Barbara Everett
Hamlet
(2000)
Gertrude
Looking for an Echo
(2000)
Joanne Delgado
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
(2001)
Gabriella Francini
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
(2001)
Giovanna
Heartbreak Hospital
(2002)
Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon
Race Against Time
(2003)
Dr. Helen Steele
Breaking Dawn
(2004)
Mother
Stateside
(2004)
Mrs. Hengen
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Justine in Heat (archive footage)
Touched
(2005)
Carole Davis
Self Medicated
(2005)
Louise
C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia
(2005)
Joy Gresham
The Making of 'Heat'
(2005)
Self
Stiletto
(2008)
Sylvia Vadalos
The Ministers
(2009)
Gina Santana
Little Hercules
(2009)
Hera
Follow the Prophet
(2009)
All Good Things
(2010)
Janice Rizzo
The Wish List
(2010)
Brenda
Childless
(2015)
Mary
star-crossed: the film
(2021)
House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator
First Love
(2022)
Aunt Irene
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
(2022)
Self (archive footage)