Jillian Armenante
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Jillian Armenante (born July 5, 1968) is an American television and film actress, known for her role on the TV show Judging Amy as "Donna Kozlowski".
Armenante was born Paterson, New Jersey. With her life partner Alice Dodd,[1], she produced, directed and co-wrote Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog and In Flagrante Gothicto at the Circle X Theatre Company. Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog won the Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for "Best New Musical" and "Best Musical Production".
In Flagrante Gothicto received:
- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awards for writing, directing and production
- The Ted Schmitt Award for "Most Outstanding Debut of a New Play"
- Los Angeles Weekly Award for playwriting and comedy ensemble
- Back Stage West Garland Awards for production, direction, writing, ensemble and Lead Actress (Alice Dodd)
In Flagrante Gothicto was produced at The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle in their 2003 season.
Armenante directed the world premiere of Great Men Of Science, Nos. 21 & 22. The show received a Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for "Best Production in a 99 seat theatre", and The L.A. Weekly Award for Best Production. She also produced The Texarkansas Waltz at Circle X Theatre.
Regionally, she has acted at the Empty Space Theatre in the title role of The Salvation Of Iggy Scrooge; at the Group Theatre in Marisol; at New City Theatre in Stript and 3 Americanisms.
She played "Melony" a stage version of The Cider House Rules which was performed at The Atlantic Theatre in New York City, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. For this role she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, received a Garland Award and a Theatre World Award for "Debut on the New York Stage". The show also received a Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for "Best Production in a Larger Theatre".
In Seattle, she was a member of Annex Theatre for eight years, where she appeared in The Fatty Arbuckle Spookhouse Review, Bessemer's Spectacles, Tattoo Girl, and Hamlet The Musical. At Annex, she directed Triplets In Uniform, Exquisite Torture, and Running From Boomerangs.
She was the Associate Artistic Director for Alice B. Theatre where she produced Pretty, Witty and Gay and Memory Tricks by Marga Gomez at the Broadway Performance Hall.
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[edit] Films
- A Mighty Heart (2007)
- Wisteria: The Story of Albert Fish (2006)
- North Country (2005)
- Frankie and Johnny are Married (2004)
- Moonlight Mile (2002)
- Girl, Interrupted (1999)
- Delivered (1998)
- The Wright Brothers (1997)
- The Seven Mysteries of Life (1994)
- Adventures in Spying (1992)
- Dogfight (1991)
[edit] Television
- Judging Amy (1999)
- Me & George (1998)
- Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994)
