Nora Zehetner
Born
5 February 1981 (45)
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
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 progra...
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+
Filmography (28)
Monster Summer
2024
Boneyard
2024
Blood for Dust
2024
It Happened in L.A.
2017
Lost in Sound
2017
Creative Control
2016
Home Is Where Your Heart Aches
2015
The Hitchhiker
2014
Danny and the Wild Bunch
2014
Imperial Dreams
2014
Jerry
2009
Spooner
2009
The Brothers Bloom
2008
Princess
2008
Remarkable Power
2008
Beneath
2007
Building Brick
2006
Conversations with Other Women
2006
Fifty Pills
2006
Brick
2006
The Burning Land
2003
May
2003
Point of Origin
2002
R.S.V.P.
2002
American Pie 2
2001
Tart
2001
Spring Bloom
The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend