Nora Angela Zehetner (born February 5, 1981) is an American film and television actress.

Early life

Zehetner was born in

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, the daughter of Nancy Lynne (

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Nelson) and John Carol Zehetner. She attended elementary school in

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, a suburb of

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, 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

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for students interested in mathematics or science.

Career

At the age of 18, Zehetner started an acting career, something she had been interested in since she was 8, and moved to

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. She appeared in ''

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'' (2001), '' American Pie 2'' (2001), '' R.S.V.P.'' (2002), ''

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'' (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 ''

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'', which won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005

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, Zehetner plays the

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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". In the thriller-horror film ''

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'', Zehetner appears in the leading role of Christy. Zehetner also starred in NBC's '' Heroes'' as Eden McCain. Zap2It.com proclaimed Zehetner one of "The Underrated of 2006" for her role. Together with the actors and comedians Tom Arnold and Dax Shepard, Zehetner embarked in 2007 on a

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/ Armed Forces Entertainment tour to the

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region to meet with service members and sign autographs. In 2007, Zehetner appeared with Marisa Berenson in the short movie ''Jalouse: Elegante, famous, beautiful, jolie'' which was produced by the French fashion magazine '' Jalouse'' to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Zehetner portrayed the recurring role of Dr. Reed Adamson for 10 episodes during the sixth season (2009–2010) of the television series ''

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''. Zehetner portrayed Jen,

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's girlfriend, on the TV series ''

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''. In 2018, Zehetner was cast in the recurring role of Valeria Poriskova on the second season of the ABC political drama ''

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''. Nora Zehetner played Annie Glenn, the wife of astronaut

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, in the television series '' The Right Stuff'', which premiered in October 2020 on

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Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

* "Quand Nina est saoule" (2008) – OursOurs - Quand Nina Est Saoule
/ref> * "Her Fantasy" (2012) –

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zehetner, Nora 1981 births Living people Actresses from El Paso, Texas American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses American voice actresses People from Richardson, Texas 21st-century American actresses