Diane Venora (born August , ) is an American stage, television and
film actress.Venora graduated from the Juilliard School in and made
her film debut in opposite Albert Finney in Wolfen. She won the New
York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her
role in the film Bird directed by Clint Eastwood. Her other films
include The Cotton Club (), Heat (), Romeo + Juliet (), The Jackal (),
The Insider () and Hamlet ().Venora was born in East Hartford,
Connecticut, one of six children of Marie (née Brooks) and Robert P.
Venora, who owned a dry cleaning establishment. Diane graduated from
East Hartford High School (class of ), during which she was active in
musicals and plays. She studied at Boston Conservatory of Music and
two years later won a scholarship to Juilliard School in New York
City, where she graduated in . At Juilliard she was a member of the
Drama Department's Group (â€"), which included Kelsey Grammer,
Harriet Sansom Harris, and Robin Williams.
film actress.Venora graduated from the Juilliard School in and made
her film debut in opposite Albert Finney in Wolfen. She won the New
York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her
role in the film Bird directed by Clint Eastwood. Her other films
include The Cotton Club (), Heat (), Romeo + Juliet (), The Jackal (),
The Insider () and Hamlet ().Venora was born in East Hartford,
Connecticut, one of six children of Marie (née Brooks) and Robert P.
Venora, who owned a dry cleaning establishment. Diane graduated from
East Hartford High School (class of ), during which she was active in
musicals and plays. She studied at Boston Conservatory of Music and
two years later won a scholarship to Juilliard School in New York
City, where she graduated in . At Juilliard she was a member of the
Drama Department's Group (â€"), which included Kelsey Grammer,
Harriet Sansom Harris, and Robin Williams.
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