Maria Dizzia | |
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Born | |
Education | Cornell University (BA) University of California, San Diego (MFA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1998–present |
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) . [2]
Raised in Cranford, New Jersey, [3] Dizzia is the daughter of Lorraine (née Bladis) and John Paul Dizzia. She has a sister. [4] She graduated from Kent Place School in 1993, receiving the Drama Award upon graduation. [3] She studied theater at Cornell University. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. [5]
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. [6] 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. [7]
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. [8] 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. [9]
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 [10] and, in 2019, played the lead role in the Academy Award winning short, The Neighbors' Window . [11]
Dizzia has also appeared as the mother in the director Owen Kline's debut feature Funny Pages.
Dizzia is married to playwright Will Eno and has one child. [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Sense | Mary | |
2009 | Whose Dog Is It Anyway? | Grace | Short film |
2009 | The Ghost and Us | Laura | Short film |
2009 | The Other Woman | Jaime Brennan | |
2011 | Down the Shore | Susan | |
2011 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Katie | |
2011 | Margin Call | Executive Assistant | |
2012 | Keep the Lights On | Vivian | |
2012 | Lola Versus | Woman Subletter | |
2013 | Clutter | Sandra | |
2013 | The Happy Sad | Mandy | |
2013 | Captain Phillips | Allison McColl | |
2013 | The Edge of the Woods | Helen | Short film |
2013 | Sweepstakes | Lori | Short film |
2013 | Re: Jess | Lara | Short film |
2014 | X/Y | Sandy | |
2014 | While We're Young | Marina | |
2015 | True Story | Mary Jane Longo | |
2015 | 3 Generations | Sinda | |
2016 | Christine | Jean Reed | |
2017 | Going in Style | Rachel | |
2017 | Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game | Angela | |
2017 | Humor Me | Nirit Gerb-Kroll | |
2017 | Fits and Starts | Sawyer Edwards | |
2018 | Piercing | Chevonne | |
2018 | Vox Lux | Stephanie Dwyer | |
2019 | Late Night | Joan | |
2019 | Depraved | Georgina | |
2019 | Above the Shadows | Victoria Jederman | |
2019 | The Neighbors' Window | Alli | Short film |
2019 | William | Barbara Sullivan | |
2020 | The Outside Story | Juliet | |
2022 | Funny Pages | Jennifer | |
2022 | The Good Nurse | Lori Lucas | |
2023 | The Graduates | Maggie | |
2024 | My Old Ass | Kathy | |
2024 | Summer's End | Jeanie | Short film |
2024 | We Strangers | Jean Laich | |
2024 | Christmas Eve in Miller's Point | Kathleen | |
2025 | Plainclothes | Marie |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Daphne | Episode: "Cruise to Nowhere" |
2006 | Smith | Nancy Scialfa | 3 episodes |
2008 | Law & Order | Sugar / Melinda Whitman | Episode: "Tango" |
2008 | Puppy Love | Grace | Web series |
2008 | Fringe | Emily Kramer | Episode: "The Cure" |
2009 | A NY Thing | Stella | Television film |
2011–2012 | Louie | Dolores | 3 episodes |
2013 | The Newsroom | Erica | Episode: "The Genoa Tip" |
2013 | The Good Wife | Heather Sorentino | Episode: "The Next Day" |
2013–2019 | Orange Is the New Black | Polly Harper | 18 episodes |
2015 | Elementary | Penny | Episode: "When Your Number's Up" |
2015 | Master of None | Amanda | Episode: "Plan B" |
2016 | Horace and Pete | Tricia | 3 episodes |
2016 | The Blacklist | Jeanne Linley | Episode: "Lady Ambrosia (No. 77)" |
2016 | Royal Pains | Cindy Greene | 2 episodes |
2017–2019 | 13 Reasons Why | Mrs. Down | 8 episodes |
2017 | Sea Change | Amelia | Television film |
2017 | Red Oaks | Professor Beryl Fox | 5 episodes |
2018 | Strangers | Georgie | Episode: "Smash the Plate-triarchy" |
2018 | The Deuce | Arlene Carmen | Episode: "Seven-Fifty" |
2019 | Bull | Dr. Margot Statton | Episode: "Parental Guidance" |
2019–2020 | Emergence | Emily | 9 episodes |
2020 | The Undoing | Diane Porter | 2 episodes |
2021 | Prodigal Son | Sasha Geller | Episode: "The Killabustas" |
2021 | New Amsterdam | Anne | Episode: "Things Fall Apart" |
2021 | Modern Love | Lori | Episode: "Am I...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me" |
2022 | The First Lady | Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd | 3 episodes [13] |
2022 | The Staircase | Lori Campbell | Recurring role [14] |
2023 | School Spirits | Sandra Nears | Recurring role |
2024 | Life & Beth | Dr. Morris | 3 episodes |
2024 | Agatha All Along | Rebecca Kaplan | 2 episodes |
2024 | Before | Barbara | Miniseries |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | The Wooden Breeks | Tricity | MCC Theater |
2007 | Eurydice | Eurydice | Second Stage Theatre |
2008 | The Drunken City | Melissa | Playwrights Horizons |
2009–2010 | In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) | Mrs. Daldry | Lyceum Theatre |
2011 | Cradle and All | Claire/Annie | Manhattan Theatre Club |
2012 | Uncle Vanya | Yelena | Soho Repertory Theatre |
2013 | Belleville | Abby | New York Theatre Workshop |
2016 | The Layover | Shellie | Second Stage Theatre |
2017 | If I Forget | Sharon | Roundabout Theatre Company |
2020 | What the Constitution Means to Me | "Heidi"/Herself | Mark Taper Forum Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place |
2022 | Macbeth [15] | Lady Macduff | Longacre Theatre |
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