Maria Dizzia
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Maria Dizzia
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2024/07/nj-actor-director-maria-dizzia-on-bold-play-pre-existing-condition-moms-and-the-mcu.html|title=N.J. actor-director Maria Dizzia on bold play 'Pre-Existing Condition,' moms and the MCU|website=NJ.com|date=2024-07-30|access-date=2025-01-15|url-access=subscription}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1998–present
| education = Cornell University (BA)
University of California, San Diego (MFA)
| spouse = Will Eno
| children = 1
}}
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).{{Cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/theater/reviews/18vibr.html| title= A Quaint Treatment for Women Wronged| work= The New York Times| last= Isherwood| first= Charles| date= February 18, 2009| access-date= April 22, 2011| archive-date= April 22, 2019| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190422203505/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/theater/reviews/18vibr.html| url-status= live}}
Early life and education
Raised in Cranford, New Jersey,Kuperinsky, Amy. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2024/07/nj-actor-director-maria-dizzia-on-bold-play-pre-existing-condition-moms-and-the-mcu.html "N.J. actor-director Maria Dizzia on bold play Pre-Existing Condition, moms and the MCU"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 30, 2024. Accessed October 1, 2024. "Dizzia, who grew up Cranford, is an actor whose work spans theater, TV and film.... Dizzia fed her passion for theater as a student at Kent Place School, a private girls’ school in Summit.... After graduating in 1993, Dizzia went on to study theater at Cornell University, earning her MFA at the University of California, San Diego." Dizzia is the daughter of Lorraine (née Bladis) and John Paul Dizzia. She has a sister.{{cite web| url= http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?pid=153127733| title= Virginia Bladis Obituary| via= obits.nj.com| work= The Star-Ledger| date= August 15, 2011| access-date= January 5, 2018| archive-date= January 6, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180106074854/http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?pid=153127733| url-status= live}} She graduated from Kent Place School in 1993, receiving the Drama Award upon graduation. She studied theater at Cornell University. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego.{{cite web|last=Horwitz|first=Andy|title=Five Questions with Maria Dizzia|url=http://culturebot.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/five-questions-with-maria-dizzia/|work=Culturebot|access-date=May 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404012816/https://culturebot.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/five-questions-with-maria-dizzia/|archive-date=April 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}
Career
Dizzia performed the role of Eurydice in the Sarah Ruhl play Eurydice in regional theatre and Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre, from June 18, 2007, to August 26, 2007.{{cite web| url= http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4534| title= eurydice| year= 2007| website= lortel.org| publisher= Lucille Lortel Foundation| access-date= January 5, 2018| archive-date= July 6, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170706195045/http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4534| url-status= live}} She performed in another Sarah Ruhl play In the Next Room on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, from October 22, 2009, to January 10, 2010. Her performance as Mrs. Daldry earned her a 2010 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Play.{{cite web| url= http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/7079/In-the-Next-Room |title= 'In the Next Room' Broadway| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151226174727/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/7079/In-the-Next-Room |archive-date= 2015-12-26| website= playbillvault.com| access-date= December 1, 2015}}
Dizzia appeared in the premiere production of the Amy Herzog play Belleville at the Yale Repertory Theatre, from October 21, 2011, to November 12, 2011.{{cite web| last= Hetrick| first= Adam| url= http://www.playbill.com/news/article/maria-dizzia-and-greg-keller-move-into-belleville-at-yale-rep-oct.-21-183765| title= Maria Dizzia and Greg Keller Move Into 'Belleville' at Yale Rep Oct. 21| website= playbill.com| date= October 21, 2011| access-date= December 1, 2015| archive-date= December 8, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151208152227/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/maria-dizzia-and-greg-keller-move-into-belleville-at-yale-rep-oct.-21-183765| url-status= live}} She then appeared in the play Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop from March 3, 2013, to April 14, 2013. She was nominated for the 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play.{{cite web| url= http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/5517| title= Belleville| year= 2013| publisher= Lucille Lortel Foundation| website= lortel.org| access-date= January 5, 2018| archive-date= July 6, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170706200309/http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/5517| url-status= live}}
Dizzia has appeared on television in recurring roles on Orange Is the New Black and 13 Reasons Why. On film, she gave a critically acclaimed performance in Martha Marcy May Marlene{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/movies/elizabeth-olsen-in-martha-marcy-may-marlene-review.html|title=Movie Review: Woman Escapes a Cult but Not Her Own Past|work=The New York Times|date=20 October 2011|access-date=May 17, 2019|last1=Scott|first1=A. O.|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324090013/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/movies/elizabeth-olsen-in-martha-marcy-may-marlene-review.html|url-status=live}} and, in 2019, played the lead role in the Academy Award winning short, The Neighbors' Window.{{Cite web|url=https://thinkshorts.com/6220/the-neighbors-window|title=The Neighbors' Window – Think Shorts|website=ThinkShorts.com|access-date=2020-02-09|archive-date=2021-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022060324/https://thinkshorts.com/6220/the-neighbors-window|url-status=live}}
Dizzia has also appeared as the mother in the director Owen Kline's debut feature Funny Pages.
Personal life
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1998
|Sense |Mary | |
| 2009
|Whose Dog Is It Anyway? |Grace |Short film |
| 2009
|The Ghost and Us |Laura |Short film |
| 2009
|{{sortname|The|Other Woman|The Other Woman (2009 film)}} |Jaime Brennan | |
| 2011
|Susan | |
| 2011
|Katie | |
| 2011
| Executive Assistant | |
| 2012
|Vivian | |
| 2012
|Woman Subletter | |
| 2013
|Clutter |Sandra | |
| 2013
|Mandy | |
| 2013
|Allison McColl | |
| 2013
|{{sortname|The|Edge of the Woods|nolink=1}} |Helen |Short film |
| 2013
|Sweepstakes |Lori |Short film |
| 2013
|Re: Jess |Lara |Short film |
| 2014
|X/Y |Sandy | |
| 2014
|Marina | |
| 2015
|Mary Jane Longo | |
| 2015
|Sinda | |
| 2016
|Jean Reed | |
| 2017
|Rachel | |
| 2017
|Angela | |
| 2017
|Nirit Gerb-Kroll | |
| 2017
|Sawyer Edwards | |
| 2018
|Chevonne | |
| 2018
| Vox Lux | Stephanie Dwyer | |
| 2019
| Joan | |
| 2019
| Depraved | Georgina | |
| 2019
| Victoria Jederman | |
| 2019
| Alli | Short film |
| 2019
| William | Barbara Sullivan | |
| 2020
| Juliet | |
| 2022
| Jennifer | |
| 2022
| Lori Lucas | |
| 2023
| Maggie | |
| 2024
| Kathy | |
| 2024
| Summer's End | Jeanie | Short film |
| 2024
| Jean Laich | |
| 2024
| Christmas Eve in Miller's Point | Kathleen | |
| 2025
| Marie | |
| 2026
| Remain | | Filming |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2006
|Daphne |Episode: "Cruise to Nowhere" |
| 2006
|Nancy Scialfa |3 episodes |
| 2008
|Sugar / Melinda Whitman |Episode: "Tango" |
| 2008
|Puppy Love |Grace |Web series |
| 2008
|Emily Kramer |Episode: "The Cure" |
| 2009
|{{sortname|A|NY Thing|nolink=1}} |Stella |Television film |
| 2011–2012
|Dolores |3 episodes |
| 2013
|{{sortname|The|Newsroom|The Newsroom (American TV series)}} |Erica |Episode: "The Genoa Tip" |
| 2013
|{{sortname|The|Good Wife}} |Heather Sorentino |Episode: "The Next Day" |
| 2013–2019
|Polly Harper |18 episodes |
| 2015
|Penny |Episode: "When Your Number's Up" |
| 2015
|Amanda |Episode: "Plan B" |
| 2016
|Tricia |3 episodes |
| 2016
|Jeanne Linley |Episode: "Lady Ambrosia (No. 77)" |
| 2016
|Cindy Greene |2 episodes |
| 2017–2019
|Mrs. Down |8 episodes |
| 2017
|Sea Change |Amelia |Television film |
| 2017
|Professor Beryl Fox |5 episodes |
| 2018
|Georgie |Episode: "Smash the Plate-triarchy" |
| 2018
|Arlene Carmen |Episode: "Seven-Fifty" |
| 2019
|Bull |Dr. Margot Statton |Episode: "Parental Guidance" |
| 2019–2020
|Emily |9 episodes |
| 2020
|Diane Porter |2 episodes |
| 2021
|Sasha Geller |Episode: "The Killabustas" |
| 2021
|Anne |Episode: "Things Fall Apart" |
| 2021
|Lori |Episode: "Am I...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me" |
| 2022 |
| 2022
| Lori Campbell |
| 2023–2025
| Sandra Nears | Recurring role |
| 2024
| Dr. Morris | 3 episodes |
| 2024
| Rebecca Kaplan | 2 episodes |
| 2024
| Before | Barbara | Miniseries |
=Stage=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2006
|The Wooden Breeks |Tricity |
| 2007 |
| 2008
|The Drunken City |Melissa |
| 2009{{ndash}}2010
|In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) |Mrs. Daldry |
| 2011
|Cradle and All |Claire/Annie |
| 2012
|Yelena |
| 2013
|Abby |
| 2016
|The Layover |Shellie |
| 2017
|If I Forget |Sharon |
| 2020
|What the Constitution Means to Me |"Heidi"/Herself |
| 2022
|Macbeth{{Cite web |title=Macbeth |url=https://www.broadway.com/shows/macbeth-2022/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=Broadway.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601212214/https://www.broadway.com/shows/macbeth-2022/ |url-status=live }} |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|1978694}}
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- [http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Maria-Dizzia/ Maria Dizzia] theatre credits [http://www.broadwayworld.com/ Broadway World]
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Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:Kent Place School alumni
Category:People from Cranford, New Jersey
Category:University of California, San Diego alumni
Category:Actresses from Newark, New Jersey
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American film actresses