American actress
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) .[ 1]
Early life and education
Dizzia is the daughter of Lorraine (née Bladis) and John Paul Dizzia. She has a sister.[ 2] She graduated from Kent Place School in 1993, receiving the Drama Award upon graduation. She studied theater at Cornell University . She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego .[ 3]
Career
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.[ 4] 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.[ 5]
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.[ 6] 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.[ 7]
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 [ 8] and, in 2019, played the lead role in the Academy Award winning short, The Neighbors' Window .[ 9]
Dizzia has also appeared as the mother in the director Owen Kline's debut feature Funny Pages .
Personal life
Dizzia is married to playwright Will Eno and has one child.[ 10]
Filmography
Film
Television
Stage
References
^ Isherwood, Charles (February 18, 2009). "A Quaint Treatment for Women Wronged" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2011 .
^ "Virginia Bladis Obituary" . The Star-Ledger . August 15, 2011. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018 – via obits.nj.com.
^ Horwitz, Andy. "Five Questions with Maria Dizzia" . Culturebot . Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2011 .
^ "eurydice" . lortel.org . Lucille Lortel Foundation. 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ " 'In the Next Room' Broadway" . playbillvault.com . Archived from the original on 2015-12-26. Retrieved December 1, 2015 .
^ Hetrick, Adam (October 21, 2011). "Maria Dizzia and Greg Keller Move Into 'Belleville' at Yale Rep Oct. 21" . playbill.com . Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015 .
^ "Belleville" . lortel.org . Lucille Lortel Foundation. 2013. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Scott, A. O. (20 October 2011). "Movie Review: Woman Escapes a Cult but Not Her Own Past" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
^ "The Neighbors' Window – Think Shorts" . ThinkShorts.com . Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^ https://www.facebook.com/maria.dizzia Archived 2024-01-16 at the Wayback Machine [user-generated source ]
^ Petski, Denise (August 9, 2021). " 'The First Lady': Jackie Earle Haley, Maria Dizzia & Jeremy Bobb To Recur On Showtime Anthology Series" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
^ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt11324406/fullcredits/cast Archived 2022-05-05 at the Wayback Machine [user-generated source ]
^ "Macbeth" . Broadway.com . Archived from the original on 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-06-19 .
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