Nora Zehetner
{{short description|American actress (born 1981)}}
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| name = Nora Zehetner
| birth_name = Nora Angela Zehetner
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|02|05}}
| birth_place = El Paso, Texas, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2000–present
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Nora Angela Zehetner (born February 5, 1981) is an American film and television actress.
Early life
Zehetner was born in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Nancy Lynne (née Nelson) and John Carol Zehetner. She attended elementary school in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, before moving back to El Paso. When she was 14 she moved to Dallas where she attended McKinney High School for several years. For one year she also attended the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, an early college entrance program at the University of North Texas for students interested in mathematics or science.
Career
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At the age of 18, Zehetner started an acting career, something she had been interested in since she was 8, and moved to Los Angeles. She appeared in Tart (2001), American Pie 2 (2001), R.S.V.P. (2002), May (2002), and The Song of Rose (2003), as well as in other films and several TV series and commercials. Zehetner portrayed Laynie Hart on the WB's show Everwood.
In Brick, which won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, Zehetner plays the femme fatale Laura. The soundtrack CD of this film, released by Lakeshore Records on March 21, 2006, features Zehetner's full, unedited performance of "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze".
In the thriller-horror film Beneath, Zehetner appears in the leading role of Christy.
Zehetner also starred in NBC's Heroes as Eden McCain. Zap2It.com proclaimed Zehetner one of "The Underrated of 2006" for her role.{{cite web
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| first = Rick
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| access-date = January 7, 2007
| archive-date = October 20, 2008
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Together with the actors and comedians Tom Arnold and Dax Shepard, Zehetner embarked in 2007 on a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to the Persian Gulf region to meet with service members and sign autographs.{{Cite web |url=http://uso.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=611 |title=USO MediaRoom |access-date=March 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212212844/http://uso.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=611 |archive-date=December 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}
In 2007, Zehetner appeared with Marisa Berenson in the short movie Jalouse: Elegante, famous, beautiful, jolie which was produced by the French fashion magazine Jalouse to celebrate their 10th anniversary.[http://lesarchives.jaloufashion.com/znum.php?idn=1758&idp=157906&grt=1 Jaloufashion]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Zehetner portrayed the recurring role of Dr. Reed Adamson for 10 episodes during the sixth season (2009–2010) of the television series Grey's Anatomy.
Zehetner portrayed Jen, Marc Maron's girlfriend, on the TV series Maron.{{cite web|last=Bibel|first=Sara|title='Maron' Renewed for 13 Episode Season 2 by IFC|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/07/23/maron-renewed-for-13-episode-season-2-by-ifc/193357/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222223512/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/07/23/maron-renewed-for-13-episode-season-2-by-ifc/193357/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014|work=TV by the Numbers|date=July 23, 2013}}
In 2018, Zehetner was cast in the recurring role of Valeria Poriskova on the second season of the ABC political drama Designated Survivor.{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|title='Designated Survivor': Nora Zehetner Set To Recur On ABC Drama Series|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/designated-survivor-nora-zehetner-recur-abc-drama-series-1202346189/|work=Deadline|access-date=March 21, 2018}}
Nora Zehetner played Annie Glenn, the wife of astronaut John Glenn,{{cite web|last=Starr|first=Michael|url=https://nypost.com/2020/10/05/patrick-j-adams-takes-flight-as-john-glenn-in-the-right-stuff/|title=Patrick J. Adams takes flight as John Glenn in 'The Right Stuff'|work=New York Post|date=October 5, 2020|access-date=October 12, 2020}} in the television series The Right Stuff, which premiered in October 2020 on Disney+.{{cite web|last=Trapunski|first=Charles|title=Interview: The Right Stuff's Nora Zehetner|url=https://brieftake.com/interview-the-right-stuff-nora-zehetner/|work=BriefTake|date=October 9, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2020}}{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Meredith|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/952172/the-right-stuff-nora-zehetner-annie-glenn-preview/|title='The Right Stuff': Nora Zehetner Says Annie 'Can Fully Be Herself' With John Glenn|work=TVinsider|date=October 7, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2020}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2001
|Tart |Peg | |
| 2001
|Girl at Party | |
| 2002
|May |Hoop | |
| 2002
|Leigh Franklin | |
| 2003
|{{sortname|The|Burning Land|nolink=1}} |Rose | |
| 2005
|Laura Dannon | |
| 2005
|Conversations with Other Women |Young Woman | |
| 2005
|{{sortname|The|Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend|nolink=1}} |Plain Jane |Short film |
| 2006
|Michelle | |
| 2007
|Christy | |
| 2008
|Athena | |
| 2008
|{{sortname|The|Brothers Bloom}} |Rose | |
| 2009
|Spooner |Rose Conlin | |
| 2009
|Jerry |Girl |Short film |
| 2014
|Janine | |
| 2014
|{{sortname|The|Hitchhiker|nolink=1}} |Nancy Adams |Short film |
| 2014
|Danny and the Wild Bunch |Miranda |Short film |
| 2014
|Home Is Where Your Heart Aches |Kat |Short film |
| 2015
|Juliette | |
| 2017
|Nora | |
| 2017
|Lost in Sound | |Short film |
| 2018
|Color Me Done |Elizabeth |Short film |
| 2018
|Magnetic Plasma for mass(es) Enlightenment |Harmony |Short film |
| 2020
|Freeze |Joy |Short film |
| 2021
|Spring Bloom |Sabrina | |
| 2023
|Amy | |
| 2024
| Boneyard | Detective Young | |
| 2024
| Abby Reed | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2000
|Girl in Hallway |"Rory's Birthday Parties" |
| 2001
|Dixie Hartnett |"Taking Care of Biscuits" |
| 2001
|{{sortname|An|American Town|nolink=1}} |Glenn |TV film |
| 2002
|Trish |TV film |
| 2002
|Ashley Blaine |"Daddy's Girl" |
| 2002
|Lindsay |"The Deflower Half-Hour" |
| 2002
|Septuplets |Dot Wilde |TV series |
| 2003–04
|Laynie Hart |Recurring role (season 1), main role (season 2) |
| 2006, 2009
|Recurring role |
| 2008
|Princess Ithaca |TV film |
| 2009–10
|Dr. Reed Adamson |Recurring role |
| 2009–10
|Dr. Reed Adamson |Web series |
| 2010
|Lila Greenburg |"Butch & Sundance" |
| 2010
|"Christmas Comes But Once a Year", "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" |
| 2012
|Kendall |"Soul Mates", "The Ex-Factor" |
| 2013
|Khloe Sedgwick |
| 2013
|Rose |"The Sky's the Limit" |
| 2013–16
|Jen |Recurring role |
| 2015
|{{sortname|The|Astronaut Wives Club}} |Marilyn See |"Flashpoint", "Rendezvous", "Abort" |
| 2016
|Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street |Margaret |"Gortimer vs. White Hat" |
| 2017
|Pillow Talk |Sharon |TV series |
| 2018
|Valeria Poriskova |Recurring role |
| 2019
|Clerk (voice) |"Anywhere" |
| 2020
| Viola |"The New Deal", "Know Your Onions" |
| 2020
|TV series |
=Music videos=
- "Quand Nina est saoule" (2008) – Ours[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5qkdp_ours-quand-nina-est-saoule_music Ours - Quand Nina Est Saoule]
- "Her Fantasy" (2012) – Matthew Dear
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|954253|Nora Zehetner}}
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Category:Actresses from El Paso, Texas
Category:American film actresses
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American voice actresses