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Maria Dizzia

Maria Dizzia

Actor · Born December 29, 1974 (51) · New Jersey, USA

Sundance award winner

Maria Dizzia is an American actress. Dizzia was nominated for the 2010 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play). Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Dizzia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 29, 1974 (51)
From
New Jersey, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
66 on MovieCove · 84 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 156 days to Oct 27Down 16% in 30 days

What are Maria Dizzia's films like?

Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography 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
Self
35%
Bonds
23%
Survival
14%
Society
12%
Morality
9%
Ideas
4%
Power
3%
Identity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 30 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 10 · Serious 9 · Dark 11

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

Grounded 22 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 8 · Charged 15 · Intense 7

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

Steady 13 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 5

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 10 · 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 11 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 3

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

Easy watch 8 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 9

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Shapeshifter
1 of 3
Ally
1 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Melancholic
18
Contemplative
11
Bittersweet
9
Dread
9
Other
25

How their films linger

Thought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous9

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 Maria Dizzia's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 49 of their 66 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Maria Dizzia'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

84 credits, 66 with a MovieCove page.

  • Remain(2027)

    Actor

  • Visitors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Anima(2026)

    as Jo

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Beauty(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marcy Grant

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • We Strangers(2024)

    as Jean Laich

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Plainclothes(2025)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Christmas Eve in Miller's Point(2024)

    as Kathleen

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Graduates(2023)

    as Maggie

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Before(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · as Barbara

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • Agatha All Along(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · as Rebecca Kaplan

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • My Old Ass(2024)

    as Kathy

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Summer's End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Jeanie

  • Heaven, I Suppose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Alice

  • Diving In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Rachel

  • School Spirits(2023)

    Show 17 episodes · as Sandra Nears

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Homebody(2021)

    as Claire

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Good Nurse(2022)

    as Lori Lucas

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Funny Pages(2022)

    as Jennifer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Ghostwritten(2021)

    as Julie Coffin

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Staircase(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Lori Campbell

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • The Outside Story(2020)

    as Juliet

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Undoing(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Diane Porter

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Modern Love(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Lori

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Emergence(2019)

    Show 9 episodes · as Emily

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Prodigal Son(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Sasha Geller

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Depraved(2019)

    as Georgina

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Neighbors' Window (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Alli

  • Above the Shadows(2019)

    as Victoria Jederman

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • William (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Dr. Sullivan

  • May (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Genevieve

  • Late Night(2019)

    as Joan

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Piercing(2018)

    as Chevonne

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • New Amsterdam(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Anne

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Vox Lux(2018)

    as Ms. Dwyer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game(2017)

    as Angela

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • If I Forget(2017)

    as Sharon Fischer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sea Change(2017)

    as Amelia

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Deuce(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Arlene Carmen

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Humor Me(2017)

    as Nirit Gerb-Kroll

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Going in Style(2017)

    as Rachel Harding

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • 13 Reasons Why(2017)

    Show 7 episodes · as Mrs. Down

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Fits and Starts(2017)

    as Sawyer Edwards

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • 3 Generations(2015)

    as Sinda

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Christine(2016)

    as Jean Reed

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • 37(2016)

    as Mary Cunningham

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Bull(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Margot Statton

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Horace and Pete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Tricia

  • Master of None(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Amanda

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • True Story(2015)

    as Mary Jane Longo

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • While We're Young(2014)

    as Marina

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Edge of the Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Helen

  • Red Oaks(2014)

    Show 5 episodes · as Professor Beryl Fox

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Re: Jess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Lara

  • X/Y(2014)

    as Sandy

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Sweepstakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Lori

  • Captain Phillips(2013)

    as Allison McColl (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Happy Sad(2013)

    as Mandy

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Orange Is the New Black(2013)

    Show 18 episodes · as Polly Harper

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Clutter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Sandra

  • Nous York(2012)

    as Serveuse cupcakes

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Elementary(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Penny

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Keep the Lights On(2012)

    as Vivian

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Fort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • The Newsroom(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Erica

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Lola Versus(2012)

    as Woman Subletter

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Martha Marcy May Marlene(2011)

    as Katie

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Margin Call(2011)

    as Executive Assistant

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Certainty(2011)

    as Serious Lady

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Down the Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Susan

  • The Other Woman(2009)

    as Jamie Brennan

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Louie(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Delores

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Heather Sorentino

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Une aventure New-Yorkaise(2009)

    as Stella

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Ghost and Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Laura

  • Royal Pains(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Cindy Green

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Whose Dog Is It Anyway? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Grace

  • Rachel Getting Married(2008)

    as Wedding Guest

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Fringe(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Emily Kramer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Daphne

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Ashley Macini

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Melinda 'Sugar' Whitman

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Delusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jana

  • Everything is F***ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dee

  • The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems

    as Diane Harrington

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 84 titles, 80 of them dated from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

While We're Young (2014)

$18M worldwide

Highest rated

Plainclothes (2025)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

School Spirits (2023)

Film career

19902026

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 5 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.

  • 2010Screen debut· The Other Woman
  • 2019First top-billed film· The Neighbors' Window
  • 2019Career best· The Neighbors' Window

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting84 of 84: 84 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s8 · acting2010s49 · acting2020s21 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 4% of 27 roles
101520

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.

Awards

Won a Sundance award in 2025, Ensemble.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Maria Dizzia's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of the 39 of 41 with a score; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 64 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

27 of their 64 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive5
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser27
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Homebody (2021)

97th percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Captain Phillips (2013)

Midcredits 98th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 25 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 53. 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 Maria Dizzia's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles14–81 · median 51 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles19–68 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles39–77 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles31–57 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles11–77 · median 52 · moderateheavier 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 Maria Dizzia work with?

People who share at least 2 of Maria Dizzia's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matthew Maher shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers