Nora Zehetner
Zehetner in 2007
Born
Nora Angela Zehetner

(1981-02-05) February 5, 1981
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present

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

London MCM Expo 2007

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

In 2018, Zehetner was cast in the recurring role of Valeria Poriskova on the second season of the ABC political drama Designated Survivor.[5]

Nora Zehetner plays Annie Glenn the wife of astronaut John Glenn[6] in the television series The Right Stuff which premiered in October 2020 on Disney+.[7][8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Tart Peg
2001 American Pie 2 Girl at Party
2002 May Hoop
2002 R.S.V.P. Leigh Franklin
2003 The Burning Land Rose
2005 Brick Laura Dannon
2005 Conversations with Other Women Young Woman
2005 The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend Plain Jane Short film
2006 Fifty Pills Michelle
2007 Beneath Christy
2008 Remarkable Power Athena
2008 The Brothers Bloom Rose
2009 Spooner Rose Conlin
2009 Jerry Girl Short film
2014 Imperial Dreams Janine
2014 The Hitchhiker Nancy Adams Short film
2014 Danny and the Wild Bunch Miranda Short film
2014 Home Is Where Your Heart Aches Kat Short film
2015 Creative Control Juliette
2017 It Happened in L.A. 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 Blood for Dust Amy
TBA Boys of Summer† Post-production
Boneyard† Detective Young Production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Gilmore Girls Girl in Hallway "Rory's Birthday Parties"
2001 Going to California Dixie Hartnett "Taking Care of Biscuits"
2001 An American Town Glenn TV film
2002 Point of Origin Trish TV film
2002 She Spies Ashley Blaine "Daddy's Girl"
2002 Off Centre Lindsay "The Deflower Half-Hour"
2002 Septuplets Dot Wilde TV series
2003–04 Everwood Laynie Hart Recurring role (season 1), main role (season 2)
2006, 2009 Heroes Eden McCain Recurring role
2008 Princess Princess Ithaca TV film
2009–10 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Reed Adamson Recurring role
2009–10 Seattle Grace: On Call Dr. Reed Adamson Web series
2010 Southland Lila Greenburg "Butch & Sundance"
2010 Mad Men Phoebe "Christmas Comes But Once a Year", "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"
2012 Common Law Kendall "Soul Mates", "The Ex-Factor"
2013 Grimm Khloe Sedgwick "Kiss of the Muse"
2013 Warehouse 13 Rose "The Sky's the Limit"
2013–16 Maron Jen Recurring role
2015 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 Designated Survivor Valeria Poriskova Recurring role
2019 Green Eggs and Ham Clerk (voice) "Anywhere"
2020 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Viola "The New Deal", "Know Your Onions"
2020 The Right Stuff Annie Glenn TV series

Music videos

References

  1. ↑ Porter, Rick. "The Underrated of 2006". Zap2It. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2007.
  2. ↑ "USO MediaRoom". Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
  3. ↑ Jaloufashion
  4. ↑ Bibel, Sara (July 23, 2013). "'Maron' Renewed for 13 Episode Season 2 by IFC". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ Petski, Denise. "'Designated Survivor': Nora Zehetner Set To Recur On ABC Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ Starr, Michael (October 5, 2020). "Patrick J. Adams takes flight as John Glenn in 'The Right Stuff'". New York Post. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ Trapunski, Charles (October 9, 2020). "Interview: The Right Stuff's Nora Zehetner". BriefTake. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  8. ↑ Jacobs, Meredith (October 7, 2020). "'The Right Stuff': Nora Zehetner Says Annie 'Can Fully Be Herself' With John Glenn". TVinsider. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  9. ↑ Ours - Quand Nina Est Saoule
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