Maria Dizzia
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Maria Teresa Dizzia is an American stage and screen actress
. She 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)
. In its review of In the Next Room, The New York Times
described Dizzia's performance as "standout".
Dizzia grew up in Cranford, New Jersey
and studied theater at Cornell University
. She received her M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. She was nominated for the 2010 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
This is a list of winners and nomination of the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress. The award was first presented in 1947.-1940s:* 1947: Patricia Neal – Another Part of the Forest* 1949: Shirley Booth – Goodbye, My Fancy-1950s:...
for her performance in In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
In the Next Room is a play by Sarah Ruhl. It concerns the early history of the vibrator, when doctors used it as a clinical device to bring women to orgasm as treatment for "hysteria." Other themes include Victorian ignorance of female sexual desire, motherhood and breastfeeding, and jealousy...
. In its review of In the Next Room, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
described Dizzia's performance as "standout".
Dizzia grew up in Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 22,625.Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden,...
and studied theater at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. She received her M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sense | Mary | |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama... |
Daphne | Episode: "Cruise to Nowhere" |
| 2006 | Smith Smith (TV series) Smith is an American television drama that premiered on September 16, 2006 at 10:00 PM ET on CBS and on September 18, 2006 on CTV in Canada... |
Nancy Scialfa | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,... |
Melinda Whitman / Sugar | Episode: "Tango" |
| 2008 | Rachel Getting Married Rachel Getting Married Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin and Debra Winger. The film was released in the U.S. to select theaters on October 3, 2008. The film opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival. The film also... |
Wedding Guest | |
| 2008 | Puppy Love | Grace | TV series short |
| 2008 | Fringe Fringe (TV series) Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security... |
Emily Kramer | Episode: "The Cure" |
| 2009 | Whose Dog Is It Anyway? | Grace | Short film |
| 2009 | Laura | Short film | |
| 2009 | Jaime Brennan | ||
| 2009 | Stella | TV movie | |
| 2011 | Down the Shore | Susan | |
| 2011 | Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha Marcy May Marlene is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Sean Durkin, and starring Elizabeth Olsen , John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy... |
Katie | |
| 2011 | Margin Call Margin Call Margin Call is a 2011 American independent drama film, written and directed by J.C. Chandor. The film has an ensemble cast that includes Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, and Penn Badgley... |
Executive Assistant | |
| 2011 | Louie Louie (TV series) Louie is an American comedy television series on the FX network that began airing in 2010. It is written, directed, edited and produced by the show's creator, stand-up comedian Louis C.K., who stars as a fictionalized version of himself, a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two... |
Delores | Episode: "Bummer/Blueberries" |
| 2011 | Certainty | Serious Lady | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | In the Next Room | Mrs. Daldry | |
| 2011- | Belleville Belleville -Places in North America:Canada*Belleville, Nova Scotia*Belleville, OntarioUnited States of America*Belleville, Arkansas*Belleville, California*Belleville, Illinois, the largest US city named Belleville**Belleville -Places in North America:Canada*Belleville, Nova Scotia*Belleville, OntarioUnited... at Yale Repertory Theater |
Abby |