Adria Tennor

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Adria Tennor
2 Adria in Cannes.jpg
Born
Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • writer
  • director
  • producer
Years active1994–present

Adria Tennor is an American actress, writer, and director.[1][2] She is best known for her work in the film The Artist (2011), as well as the television series Greek, Mad Men, and Mad Dogs.[3]

Life and career[]

Adria was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. She graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and Playwrights Horizons Theater School with a BFA in acting and stage directing.[4] She began her career playing a twelve-year old boy opposite Martin Donovan in Hal Hartley’s Amateur (1994).[5] In 2006, she wrote and starred in the one-woman show, StripSearch, about finding love and happiness with the help of a pole.[6]

In 2018, Adria wrote, directed and produced a short film, Pie starring herself, Chloe Lanier and Jessica Paré.[7] In 2020, she partnered with Kristen Tracy, to launch the short-format series, Fetish, which she co-created, directed and produced.[8]

Personal life[]

In 2006, Adria married restaurateur Claudio Blotta and the two opened four restaurants together,[9] which Adria co-owned and operated until their divorce in 2021.[citation needed]

Filmography[]

Year Film Director Writer Producer Note
2015 Cracked Yes Yes Yes Short film
2018 Pie Yes Yes Yes Short film
2020 Fetish Yes Yes Yes TV Series

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Amateur Kid reading 'The Odyssey'
1995 Boys Don't Cry Short film
1996 The First Wives Club Young Annie
1998 I'm Losing You Assistant Director
2001 The Hollywood Sign Kant's Receptionist
2005 Headhunter
2007 Judy's Got a Gun Donna Kenzo TV movie
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan Kids' Salon Owner
2009 You Hostile Witness
2011 Fort McCoy Lolly
The Artist Zimmer's Assistant
2012 Incident on Marmont Avenue Daphne Short film
2013 Ladies' Man: A Made Movie Toby's Mom TV movie
Trooper Miriam Stanhope TV movie
2014 Square the Circle Short film
2015 The D Train Classmate - Wendy
Golden Thread Nancy Short film
2016 Smothered Mom
Friday Night Claire Short film
Bad Moms Conservative Mom
2017 Newly Single Waitress
2018 Pie Carol Short film
Elusive Lucy Short film
2019 Wyrm Julia
Miss Virginia Donna
2020 Psychos & Socios Leslie
2021 One Moment Caroline Minogue

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Step by Step Candi 1 episode
1998 Boy Meets World Teri 1 episode
2000 Touched by an Angel Ruby Rice 1 episode
2002 Crossing Jordan Denice 1 episode
Friends Katherine 1 episode
2004 JAG Laurie June 3 episodes
2007-12 Mad Men Joyce Darling 3 episodes
2007 Cold Case Heidi Jenner '07 1 episode
Criminal Minds Diane Goehring 1 episode
2009 Safety Geeks: SVI Falling Shopper 1 episode
Gary Unmarried Waitress 1 episode
Monk Donna DiMarco 1 episode
2010-11 Greek Professor Clarissa Hawn 4 episodes
2011 The Mentalist Event Hostess 1 episode
Private Practice Dr. Berman 1 episode
2012 Harry's Law Vivian 1 episode
Scandal Brenda Swan 1 episode
2013 Back in the Game Mrs. Douglas 1 episode
2014 Faking It Doris 1 episode
Mulaney Flight Attendant 1 episode
2014-15 Stay-At-Home Actors Claire 1 episode
2015 The Mindy Project Gate Agent 1 episode
2016 Mad Dogs Abby 3 episodes
NCIS Angela Dresser 1 episode
2018-2019 For the People Susan Womack 2 episodes
2020 Fetish Paula Wheeler 6 episodes

Awards and nominations[]

Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2015 Nominated Nantucket Film Festival Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting Never Been Born [10]
2016 Nominated Nashville Film Festival Feature Film Script Never Been Born [11]
Nominated Woods Hole Film Festival Screenplay Award Never Been Born
2018 Won Cleveland International Film Festival Best After Hours Short Pie [12]
Won Woods Hole Film Festival Audience Award Pie [13]

References[]

  1. ^ "From 'The Artist' to 'Mad Men': Get to know actress Adria Tennor". filmdaily.co. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. ^ "Exclusive: Adria Tennor Talks Mad Men, Restaurant Life". shockya.com. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ^ "Mad Men Alum Adria Tennor Joins Black/Marsden Comedy D-TRAIN". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  4. ^ "Inspirational Women In Hollywood: How Actress Adria Tennor Is Helping To Shake Up The Entertainment Industry". medium.com. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  5. ^ "HollyShorts: Pie - Adria Tennor & Cindi Knapton Interview". jeanbooknerd.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  6. ^ "Strip Search". variety.com. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  7. ^ "Pie". montclairfilm.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  8. ^ "Web Series Wednesday – Fetish". starrymag.com. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  9. ^ "Claudio Blotta and Adria Tennor to Open New Italian Restaurant in Atwater". lamag.com. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  10. ^ "10 Semi-Finalists for the Showtime Tony Cox Feature Screenplay Competition". nantucketfilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  11. ^ "2016 Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalists". nashvillefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  12. ^ "CELEBRATING 42 YEARS CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" (PDF). clevelandfilm.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  13. ^ "2018 Awards". woodsholefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.

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