Quick Facts
Biography
Maria Teresa Dizzia (born December 29, 1974) 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).
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.
Dizzia performed in the Sarah Ruhl play In the Next Room on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, from October 22, 2009 to January 10, 2010. She received a 2010 Tony Award nomination, Featured Actress in a Play.
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. 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.
Personal life
Dizzia grew up in Cranford, New Jersey, the daughter of Lorraine (née Bladis) and John Paul Dizzia. Her sister is a lawyer. 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.
Dizzia is married to playwright Will Eno and has one child.
Work
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sense | Mary | |
| 2009 | Whose Dog Is It Anyway? | Grace | Short film |
| 2009 | Ghost and Us, TheThe Ghost and Us | Laura | Short film |
| 2009 | Other Woman, TheThe Other Woman | Jaime Brennan | |
| 2011 | Down the Shore | Susan | |
| 2011 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Katie | |
| 2011 | Margin Call | Executive Assistant | |
| 2012 | Keep the Lights On | Vivian | |
| 2013 | Clutter | Sandra | |
| 2013 | The Happy Sad | Mandy | |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Allison McColl | |
| 2013 | Edge of the Woods, TheThe Edge of the Woods | Helen | Short film |
| 2013 | Sweepstakes | Lori | Short film |
| 2013 | Re: Jess | Lara | Short film |
| 2014 | X/Y | Sandy | |
| 2014 | While We're Young | Marina | |
| 2015 | True Story | Mary Jane Longo | |
| 2016 | Christine | Jean Reed |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Daphne | Episode: "Cruise to Nowhere" |
| 2006 | Smith | Nancy Scialfa | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Sugar / Melinda Whitman | Episode: "Tango" |
| 2008 | Puppy Love | Grace | |
| 2008 | Fringe | Emily Kramer | Episode: "The Cure" |
| 2009 | NY Thing, AA NY Thing | Stella | Television film |
| 2011–2012 | Louie | Dolores | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Newsroom, TheThe Newsroom | Erica | Episode: "The Genoa Tip" |
| 2013 | Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife | Heather Sorentino | Episode: "The Next Day" |
| 2013–2014 | Orange Is the New Black | Polly Harper | 16 episodes |
| 2015 | Elementary | Penny | Episode: "When Your Number's Up" |
| 2015 | Master of None | Amanda | Episode: "Plan B" |
| 2016 | Horace and Pete | Tricia | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | The Blacklist | Mother of Abducted Child | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Royal Pains | Cindy Greene | 1 episode |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | In the Next Room | Mrs. Daldry | Broadway |
| 2011–2011 | Belleville | Abby | Yale Repertory Theater |