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Nora Zehetner

ActorBorn February 5, 1981 (44 years)
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+

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Mad Men
  • The Brothers Bloom

Known For

  • Brick
  • Beneath
  • May
  • Boneyard
  • Conversations with Other Women
  • Princess
  • Creative Control
  • Monster Summer
  • Maron
  • Imperial Dreams
  • The Right Stuff
  • Fifty Pills
  • Blood for Dust
  • Tart
  • Grosse Pointe Garden Society
  • Spooner
  • Point of Origin
  • Grey's Anatomy: The Webisodes
  • Freeze

Nora Zehetner Filmography

2025
Grosse Pointe Garden Society (TV Series) · as Melissa
2024
Monster Summer · as Abby Reed
2024
Boneyard · as Detective Young
2023
Blood for Dust · as Amy
2020
The Right Stuff (TV Series) · as Annie Glenn
2020
Freeze · as Joy
2019
Green Eggs and Ham (TV Series) · as Clerk (voice)
2017
2017
Pillow Talk (TV Series) · as Sharon
2016
Designated Survivor (TV Series) · as Valeria Poreskova
2015
Creative Control · as Juliette
2015
The Astronaut Wives Club (TV Series) · as Marilyn See
2014
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (TV Series) · as Margaret
2014
Imperial Dreams · as Janine
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) · as Viola
2013
Maron (TV Series) · as Jen
2012
Common Law (2012) (TV Series)
2011
Grimm (TV Series) · as Khloe Sedgwick
2009
Grey's Anatomy: The Webisodes (TV Series) · as Dr. Reed Adamson
2009
Warehouse 13 (TV Series) · as Rose
2009
SouthLAnd (TV Series) · as Lila Greenberg
2009
Spooner · as Rose Conlin
2008
2008
Princess · as Princess Ithaca
2008
Remarkable Power · as Athena
2007
Mad Men (TV Series) · as Phoebe
2006
Beneath · as Christy Wescot
2006
Heroes (TV Series) · as Eden Mccain
2006
Fifty Pills · as Michelle
2005
2005
Brick · as Laura
2005
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Reed Adamson
2003
The Burning Land · as Rose
2002
Everwood (TV Series) · as Laynie Hart
2002
She Spies (TV Series) · as Ashley Blaine
2002
Point of Origin · as Trish
2002
R.S.V.P. · as Leigh Franklin
2002
May · as Hoop
2001
Off Centre (TV Series)
2001
American Pie 2 · as Girl At Party
2001
Going to California (TV Series) · as Dixie Hartnett
2001
Tart · as Peg
2000
Gilmore Girls (TV Series) · as Girl #2

2007
Heroes Unmasked (TV Series) · as Self

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