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Diane Venora

Diane Venora

Actor · Born August 10, 1952 (74) · East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 10, 1952 (74)
From
East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
37 on MovieCove · 54 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 5% in 30 days

What are Diane Venora's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Bonds
19%
Self
16%
Survival
15%
Power
7%
Ideas
5%
Society
5%
Justice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 7 · Dark 12

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 13

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 6

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 7 of 10 analyzed roles.

Ally
7 of 10
Threshold guardian
2 of 10
Shapeshifter
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
13
Contemplative
6
Hopeful
7
Thrilling
5
Other
18

How their films linger

Bittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Diane Venora's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 37 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Diane Venora's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

54 credits, 37 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • First Love(2022)

    as Aunt Irene

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Star-Crossed: The Film(2021)

    as House Mother / School Administrator / Demonstrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Childless(2008)

    as Mary

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • All Good Things(2010)

    as Janice Rizzo

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Wish List(2010)

    as Brenda

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Ministers(2009)

    as Gina Santana

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Little Hercules (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Hera

  • Follow the Prophet(2009)

    as Red

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Eleventh Hour(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Lea Muller

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Stiletto(2008)

    as Sylvia Vadalos

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Private Practice(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Sharon

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia(2005)

    as Joy Gresham

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Touched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Carole Davis

  • Threshold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 4 episodes · as Andrea Hatten

  • Self Medicated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Louise

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Audrey Taylor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Medium(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Sarah Jane Levitt

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Breaking Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Mother

  • Stateside(2004)

    as Mrs. Hengen

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • NCIS(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Shada Shakarji

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Working Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Heartbreak Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Sunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon

  • Megiddo: The Omega Code 2(2001)

    as Gabriella Francini

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Young Girl and the Monsoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Giovanna

  • Looking for an Echo(2000)

    as Joanne Delgado

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Race Against Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Dr. Helen Steele

  • Hamlet(2000)

    as Gertrude

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Insider(1999)

    as Liane Wigand

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Marilyn Nesbit

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The 13th Warrior(1999)

    as Queen Weilew

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Joyriders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Celeste

  • True Crime(1999)

    as Barbara Everett

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Jackal(1997)

    as Major Valentina Koslova

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Seed: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Julia Noble

  • The Practice(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Margaret Wakefield

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Romeo + Juliet(1996)

    as Gloria Capulet

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Surviving Picasso(1996)

    as Jacqueline

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Substitute(1996)

    as Jane Hetzko

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Special Report: Journey to Mars(1996)

    as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Heat(1995)

    as Justine

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Three Wishes(1995)

    as Joyce

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 11 episodes · as Geri Infante

  • Thunder Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 28 episodes · as Bobbi Turner

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Mara Feder

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Bird(1988)

    as Chan Parker

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Ironweed(1987)

    as Peg

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • F/X(1986)

    as Ellen

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream(1982)

    as Hippolyta

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Terminal Choice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Anna Lang

  • A.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 5 episodes · as Corinna

  • The Cotton Club(1984)

    as Gloria Swanson

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Marie Fidele Hunt

  • Wolfen(1981)

    as Rebecca Neff

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Ophelia

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 54 titles from 1971 to 2022; peak year 2000.

Biggest box office

Heat (1995)

$187M worldwide

Highest rated

Heat (1995)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

19712022

Peak 2000 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting54 of 54: 54 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s9 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s22 · acting2010s3 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 22 roles
819101

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Diane Venora's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 37 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 37 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Follow the Prophet (2009)

94th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Heat (1995)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Diane Venora's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles45–86 · median 81 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles16–58 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles26–87 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles33–70 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles42–74 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Diane Venora work with?

People who share at least 2 of Diane Venora's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Mandel shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers