Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 5, 1981
Place of Birth:
El Paso, Texas, USA
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Nora 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+
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boneyard | Detective Young |
| 2024 | Blood for Dust | Amy |
| 2024 | Monster Summer | Abby Reed |
| 2017 | It Happened in L.A. | Nora |
| 2017 | Lost in Sound | |
| 2016 | Creative Control | Juliette |
| 2015 | Home Is Where Your Heart Aches | Kat |
| 2014 | Danny and the Wild Bunch | Miranda |
| 2014 | Imperial Dreams | Janine |
| 2014 | The Hitchhiker | Nancy Adams |
| 2009 | Spooner | Rose Conlin |
| 2009 | Princess | Princess Ithaca |
| 2009 | Jerry | Girl |
| 2008 | The Brothers Bloom | Rose |
| 2008 | Remarkable Power | Athena |
| 2007 | Beneath | Christy Wescot |
| 2006 | Brick | Laura |
| 2006 | Fifty Pills | Michelle |
| 2006 | Conversations with Other Women | Young Woman |
| 2006 | Building Brick | |
| 2003 | May | Hoop |
| 2003 | The Burning Land | Rose |
| 2002 | R.S.V.P. | Leigh Franklin |
| 2002 | Point of Origin | Trish |
| 2001 | American Pie 2 | Girl at Party |
| 2001 | Tart | Peg |
| Spring Bloom | Sabrina | |
| The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend | Plain Jane |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Right Stuff | Annie Glenn |
| 2019 | Green Eggs and Ham | Clerk (voice) |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor | Valeria Poreskova |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Viola |
| 2012 | Common Law | |
| 2011 | Grimm | Khloe Sedgwick |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Rose |
| 2007 | Mad Men | Phoebe |
| 2006 | Heroes | Eden McCain |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Reed Adamson |
| 2002 | Everwood | Laynie Hart |
| 2002 | She Spies | Ashley Blaine |
| 2001 | Off Centre | |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Girl #2 |