Nora Zehetner
Also Known As: Nora Angela Zehetner
Biography: Nora Angela Zehetner (born February 5, 1981) is an American film and television actress. 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. 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". Zehetner also starred in NBC's Heroes as Eden McCain. Zap2It.com proclaimed Zehetner one of "The Underrated of 2006" for her role. 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. In 2018, Zehetner was cast in the recurring role of Valeria Poriskova on the second season of the ABC political drama Designated Survivor. Nora Zehetner played Annie Glenn, the wife of astronaut John Glenn, in the television series The Right Stuff, which premiered in October 2020 on Disney+
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: El Paso, Texas, USA
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Birthday: February 05, 1981
Age: 44 years old
Gender: Female
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Beneath
Overview: Christy returns to her hometown years after a car accident that disfigured her older sister. Haunted by the accident in which she was the driver, she learns that her worst nightmares have either come true ... or are about to.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-07
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The Brothers Bloom
Overview: The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-09
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Brick
Overview: A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-31
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Fifty Pills
Overview: Unless Darren can survive New York's largest drug mogul, write a paper on Dante's "Inferno," escape three thugs chasing the wrong guy and sell fifty pills of ecstasy to make his tuition payment, he'll never date the girl of his dreams.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-26
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Boneyard
Overview: After Police Chief Carter discovers the remains of eleven women, FBI Special Agent Petrovick is recruited to profile the serial killer responsible for the infamous "boneyard" killings. As the police force, narcotics agency, and FBI lock horns, a tangled web of intrigue turns everyone into a suspect.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-05
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Blood for Dust
Overview: Reckless Ricky makes serious money dealing illegal weapons throughout the tri-state area and loves to flaunt it. Traveling salesman Cliff, covers the same territory Ricky runs guns through. Desperate to find some financial relief for his struggling family, Cliff agrees to partner with Ricky, to commit cross-state drug and gun deliveries for a mid-level American cartel boss John. When a simple exchange turns into a bloodbath after Ricky kills everyone in a territory grab, the pair find themselves in a pressure cooker situation where unlikely drug dealer Cliff must fight as hard as he can to stay alive.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-19
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Monster Summer
Overview: When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-04
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Spring Bloom
Overview: Spring Bloom is a complex romance that unfolds at a gourmet restaurant between a brilliant but troubled chef (McDorman) and a mercurial younger man on the run from his past (Lettau).
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
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Spooner
Overview: Facing eviction from his parent's home on his 30th birthday, a socially awkward guy meets the girl of his dreams and creates his own rules for growing up.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-18
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Princess
Overview: A reclusive princess and a directionless young man embark on a quest to save the world's mythical creatures from becoming extinct.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-09
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Creative Control
Overview: Smooth advertising executive David is in a relationship with yoga teacher Juliette. Then his eye is caught by Sophie, the girlfriend of his best friend Wim, a fashion photographer. Things get completely out of hand during a campaign for augmented reality-glasses, for which David designs an avatar of the coveted Sophie.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-11
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Danny and the Wild Bunch
Overview: A children's book author is told that her new manuscript needs to be 'darker', but when her revisions piss off the characters in the book, they come back to make some changes of their own.
Genres: Action Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-18
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May
Overview: A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.
Genres: Drama Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-11
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Remarkable Power
Overview: A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Conversations with Other Women
Overview: Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to the present.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-07
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R.S.V.P.
Overview: A psychology student invites a group of his friends and teacher to a drug and alcohol-fueled party where he plans to murder them all.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-15
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American Pie 2
Overview: After a year apart - attending different schools, meeting different people - the guys rent a beach house and vow to make this the best summer ever. As it turns out, whether that will happen or not has a lot to do with the girls. Between the wild parties, outrageous revelations and yes, a trip to band camp, they discover that times change and people change, but in the end, it's all about sticking together.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-10
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Home Is Where Your Heart Aches
Overview: Home Is Where Your Heart Aches is the story of Kat, a beautiful, spirited New Yorker. Her only trouble is that she falls in love quickly - way too quickly. It's as if in matters of love, she never studied the boundaries, the games, the rules. Every encounter turns into a break-up scene. As her situation deteriorates, Kat recourses to extreme measures... In a world that has almost killed it, love turns into an act of revolt.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-11
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Tart
Overview: A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-23
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The Burning Land
Overview: A young Jewish-American female singer is trapped in the USSR behind the enemy lines during the WWII...
Genres: War Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2003-06-08
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Imperial Dreams
Overview: A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-20
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Jerry
Overview: Jerry is a player so talented with verse that he believes it makes him untouchable.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-27
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It Happened in L.A.
Overview: Annette might be judgmental, critical, and a total perfectionist—but only of the most charming variety. When she suddenly perceives that her relationship with her boyfriend, Elliot, is inferior to all the happy coupledom she sees among her friends, she decides they need to break up. Launched into the LA dating scene, where film industry jobs, old school bars, and elitist consumerism are the norm, Annette begins to realize that maybe meeting some cool new guy isn’t going to lead her to personal fulfillment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-03
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Lost in Sound
Overview: A bittersweet short by filmmaker Adam Neustadter and musician James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins). “Lost in Sound” stars Nora Zehetner (Brick) as a woman who hears a movie soundtrack in her head. The swelling score sends her into a world all her own, preventing her from connecting with people in real life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-02
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The Hitchhiker
Overview: A parody of The Twilight Zone, satirizing the tropes of 1960s science fiction from a modern day perspective. In 1959, Nancy Adams, "twenty-something," drives cross-country to Hollywood, pursued by an unrelenting stranger.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-06
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Building Brick
Overview: Building Brick is the Behind the Scenes documentary for the film Brick (2006). Brick was written and directed by Rian Johnson in San Clemente, CA in 2003. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lucas Haas, Noah Segan Building Brick was filmed and edited by L Jean Schwartz (Disclaimer: I shot most of this footage when I was 17 with my family camcorder, edited it when I was 19, and this is not a very high res version, but it has only been available on the German DVD so I wanted a way that my friends could see it) Also, I am endlessly immensely grateful to Rian Johnson for giving me the opportunity to be part of Brick.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-21
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Point of Origin
Overview: An arson investigator searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-20
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