Nora Zehetner
Nora 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 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+
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
42
Gender
Female
Birthday
1981-02-05 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Acting

2024

Monster Summer as Abby Reed

2024

Boneyard as Detective Young

2024

Blood for Dust as Amy

2020

The Right Stuff as Annie Glenn

2019

Green Eggs and Ham as Clerk (voice)

2017

It Happened in L.A. as Nora

2017

Lost in Sound as Not available

2016

Designated Survivor as Valeria Poreskova

2016

Creative Control as Juliette

2014

Imperial Dreams as Janine

2014

Danny and the Wild Bunch as Miranda

2014

The Hitchhiker as Nancy Adams

2012

Common Law as Not available

2011

Grimm as Khloe Sedgwick

2009

Warehouse 13 as Rose

2009

Princess as Princess Ithaca

2009

Spooner as Rose Conlin

2009

Jerry as Girl

2008

The Brothers Bloom as Rose

2008

Remarkable Power as Athena

2007

Mad Men as Phoebe

2007

Beneath as Christy Wescot

2006

Heroes as Eden McCain

2006

Brick as Laura

2006

Conversations with Other Women as Young Woman

2006

Fifty Pills as Michelle

2006

Building Brick as Not available

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Reed Adamson

2003

May as Hoop

2003

The Burning Land as Rose

2002

Everwood as Laynie Hart

2002

She Spies as Ashley Blaine

2002

Point of Origin as Trish

2002

R.S.V.P. as Leigh Franklin

2001

Off Centre as Not available

2001

American Pie 2 as Girl at Party

2001

Tart as Peg

2000

Gilmore Girls as Girl #2

NaN

Spring Bloom as Sabrina