Nora Zehetner

Acting

Nora Zehetner

Born 1981-02-05 · El Paso, Texas, USA

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+

Acting credits

American Pie 2 poster
6.3

After a year apart - attending different schools, meeting different people - the guys rent a beach house and vow to make this the best summer ever. As it turns out, whether that will happen or not has a lot to do with the girls. Between the wild parties, outrageous revelations and yes, a trip to band camp, they discover that times change and people change, but in the end, it's all about sticking together.

American Pie 2

2001

Brick poster
6.8

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

Brick

2006

The Brothers Bloom poster
6.6

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

The Brothers Bloom

2008

Boneyard poster
5.4

After Police Chief Carter discovers the remains of eleven women, FBI Special Agent Petrovick is recruited to profile the serial killer responsible for the infamous "boneyard" killings. As the police force, narcotics agency, and FBI lock horns, a tangled web of intrigue turns everyone into a suspect.

Boneyard

2024

Creative Control poster
5.2

Smooth advertising executive David is in a relationship with yoga teacher Juliette. Then his eye is caught by Sophie, the girlfriend of his best friend Wim, a fashion photographer. Things get completely out of hand during a campaign for augmented reality-glasses, for which David designs an avatar of the coveted Sophie.

Creative Control

2016

Blood for Dust poster
5.9

Reckless Ricky makes serious money dealing illegal weapons throughout the tri-state area and loves to flaunt it. Traveling salesman Cliff, covers the same territory Ricky runs guns through. Desperate to find some financial relief for his struggling family, Cliff agrees to partner with Ricky, to commit cross-state drug and gun deliveries for a mid-level American cartel boss John. When a simple exchange turns into a bloodbath after Ricky kills everyone in a territory grab, the pair find themselves in a pressure cooker situation where unlikely drug dealer Cliff must fight as hard as he can to stay alive.

Blood for Dust

2024

May poster
6.6

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

May

2003

Monster Summer poster
6.3

When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island.

Monster Summer

2024

Fifty Pills poster
4.7

Unless Darren can survive New York's largest drug mogul, write a paper on Dante's "Inferno," escape three thugs chasing the wrong guy and sell fifty pills of ecstasy to make his tuition payment, he'll never date the girl of his dreams.

Fifty Pills

2006

Princess poster
6.2

A reclusive princess and a directionless young man embark on a quest to save the world's mythical creatures from becoming extinct.

Princess

2008

Tart poster
4.3

A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.

Tart

2001

Conversations with Other Women poster
6.3

Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to the present.

Conversations with Other Women

2006

Point of Origin poster
6.1

An arson investigator searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.

Point of Origin

2002

Home Is Where Your Heart Aches poster
7.5

Home Is Where Your Heart Aches is the story of Kat, a beautiful, spirited New Yorker. Her only trouble is that she falls in love quickly - way too quickly. It's as if in matters of love, she never studied the boundaries, the games, the rules. Every encounter turns into a break-up scene. As her situation deteriorates, Kat recourses to extreme measures... In a world that has almost killed it, love turns into an act of revolt.

Home Is Where Your Heart Aches

2015

R.S.V.P. poster
4.2

A psychology student invites a group of his friends and teacher to a drug and alcohol-fueled party where he plans to murder them all.

R.S.V.P.

2002

Beneath poster
5.4

Christy returns to her hometown years after a car accident that disfigured her older sister. Haunted by the accident in which she was the driver, she learns that her worst nightmares have either come true ... or are about to.

Beneath

2007

Imperial Dreams poster
6.5

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.

Imperial Dreams

2014

Remarkable Power poster
3.9

A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.

Remarkable Power

2008

Spooner poster
5.5

Facing eviction from his parent's home on his 30th birthday, a socially awkward guy meets the girl of his dreams and creates his own rules for growing up.

Spooner

2009

It Happened in L.A. poster
5.0

Annette might be judgmental, critical, and a total perfectionist—but only of the most charming variety. When she suddenly perceives that her relationship with her boyfriend, Elliot, is inferior to all the happy coupledom she sees among her friends, she decides they need to break up. Launched into the LA dating scene, where film industry jobs, old school bars, and elitist consumerism are the norm, Annette begins to realize that maybe meeting some cool new guy isn’t going to lead her to personal fulfillment.

It Happened in L.A.

2017

The Hitchhiker poster
NR

A parody of The Twilight Zone, satirizing the tropes of 1960s science fiction from a modern day perspective. In 1959, Nancy Adams, "twenty-something," drives cross-country to Hollywood, pursued by an unrelenting stranger.

The Hitchhiker

2014

No artwork available
3.0

Building Brick is the Behind the Scenes documentary for the film Brick (2006). Brick was written and directed by Rian Johnson in San Clemente, CA in 2003. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lucas Haas, Noah Segan Building Brick was filmed and edited by L Jean Schwartz

Building Brick

2006

The Burning Land poster
6.5

A young Jewish-American female singer is trapped in the USSR behind the enemy lines during the WWII...

The Burning Land

2003

The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend poster
9.0

An unlikely friendship is put to the test during a night when everything goes wonderfully right for the big guy and horribly wrong for his little friend.

The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend

2005