Juliet Landau

Juliet Rose Landau (born March 30, 1965)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=hawkins>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=windsorstar>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is an American actress, director, producer, and ballerina best known for her role as Drusilla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff show Angel, the latter appearance earning her a Saturn Award nomination. She is also known for co-starring as Loretta King in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.

Early life

Landau was born in Los Angeles to Jewish parents Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, both of whom were actors.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Pfefferman, Naomi. The 'Majestic' Martin Landau. JewishJournal.com. December 21, 2001.</ref><ref>Jewish Journal: "Family Affair" bY Naomi Pfefferman April 5, 2001|"At Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s Westside campus this month, the actress, who was raised in an assimilated Jewish home..."</ref> Her older sister is film producer Susan Landau Finch.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She spent her early childhood in West Los Angeles.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Landau is a former professional ballerina.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Landau starred in some independent films including Where the Road Runs Out, Fairfield, Monster Mutt, Citizens, Dark Hearts, The Yellow Wallpaper, Hack!, Toolbox Murders, Repossessed, Carlo's Wake, Life Among the Cannibals, Ravager, Direct Hit, and co-starred in Henry Jaglom's Going Shopping. She also starred in the Lifetime film Fatal Reunion.

Landau guest starred in television shows Criminal Minds, Millennium, La Femme Nikita and Strong Medicine. She voiced various characters in the animated series Justice League Unlimited and Ben 10 as well as the animated film Green Lantern: First Flight. She has also voiced characters of the BioShock video games.

Landau's theater roles include Awake and Sing at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, the world premiere of Failure of Nerve, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncommon Women and Others, The Pushcart Peddlers, Billy Irish, We're Talking Today Here, the musical How To Steal An Election, Irish Coffee and the world premiere of musical The Songs of War. She played Natasha in a reading of Three Sisters, assembled by Al Pacino at The Actors Studio.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Landau made her directorial debut in 2008's Take Flight, a short documentary film about Gary Oldman and his creative process. Oldman spoke positively about the experience.<ref name="If Magazine"/><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> With her husband, Deverill Weekes, Landau co-directed Dream Out Loud, about make-up artist Kazuhiro Tsuji, who was branching into the world of fine art. The film captures one of his creations from inception to culmination, and features interviews with Guillermo del Toro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Rian Johnson.

In 2009, Landau co-wrote issues #24 and #25 of the Angel comic book series for IDW Publishing, in collaboration with Brian Lynch, with storylines featuring her Buffy and Angel character Drusilla. Landau also contributed numerous ideas and references for the cover and interior art of the issues, and has stated that she would like to write more comics set in the Buffyverse.<ref>"'Buffy' star Juliet Landau writing Drusilla spin-off comic miniseries" by Adam B. Vary at ew.com</ref> She was slated to write a five-part Drusilla miniseries from Dark Horse Comics in 2014, which is now delayed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2012–13, Landau produced and starred in the play Danny and the Deep Blue Sea directed by John McNaughton at the Crown City Theater in North Hollywood.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Her portrayal received positive reviews<ref>"Theater review: ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’ at Crown City Theatre" by David C. Nichols at www.latimes.com</ref><ref>"Theatre Review: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" by Sean Elliott at www.assignmentx.com</ref> and awards,<ref>"2011-2012 StageSceneLA Scenies" at stagescenela.com</ref> and the show was extended multiple times due to its popularity.<ref>"Juliet Landau" by Kurt Anthony Krug, Metro You Magazine, page 57 (March, 2012) at digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com</ref>

In July 2013, Landau was cast as a new incarnation of the Time Lord Romana in the audio dramas Gallifrey and Luna Romana,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> both of which are spin-offs from the BBC television series Doctor Who.

In 2019, Landau was cast as Rita Tedesco in the fifth season of Bosch<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> on Amazon Prime Video.

In September 2019, Landau was cast as the vampire Hester for the web series Vampire: The Masquerade - LA by Night. Her character was part of a cabal of Tremere, vampires who can do blood sorcery, called the Wyrd Sisters.

Personal life

Landau is a member of the Actors Studio and in 2008 was being mentored by Mike Medavoy.<ref name="If Magazine">Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Lucinda	Episode: "Dance of Romance"
1999	Millennium	Jeanie Bronstein	Episode: "Forcing the End"
	La Femme Nikita	Sarah Gerrard	Episode: "Before I Sleep"
		Jan Baylin
1997–2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Drusilla	17 episodes
2000–2004	Angel		7 episodes
2003	Strong Medicine	Lorraine	Episode: "Seize the Day"
2005	Fatal Reunion	Lisa Calders / Dana Declan	Television film
2005–2006	Justice League Unlimited	Tala, Plastique, Rama Kushna, Zatanna	Voice, 7 episodes<ref name="btva2">Template:Cite web A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
2008–2010	Ben 10: Alien Force	Helen Wheels, Verdona, Natalie Tennyson	Voice, 7 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2011	Goodnight Burbank	Herself	Episode: "Lesbians on Acid"
2011–2012	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Verdona, Natalie Tennyson, Waitress	Voice, 4 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2012	Criminal Minds	Catherine Heathridge	Episode: "Heathridge Manor"
	Green Lantern: The Animated Series	Drusa	Voice, 3 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
	ThunderCats	Queen Leona	Episode: "Native Son"<ref name="btva2" />
2014	Ben 10: Omniverse	Helen Wheels, Magistrata	Voice, episode: "Weapon XI"<ref name="btva2" />
2015	Muzzled: the Musical	Black Matron
2017	Bosch	Rita Tedesco
2020	Claws	Cordelia	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Film

Year	Title	Role
1990	Pump Up the Volume	Joni (scenes deleted)
1992	Neon City	Twink Talaman
1994	Ed Wood	Loretta King
1994	Direct Hit	Shelly
1995	Theodore Rex	Dr. Veronica Shade
1996	Life Among the Cannibals	Rachael
1997	Ravager	Sarra
1999	Carlo's Wake	Anna Torello
2001	Freedom Park
2002	Citizens	Zoey
2002	Repossessed	Alison LaBatte
2004	Toolbox Murders	Julia Cunningham
2005	Going Shopping	Isabella
2007	Hack!	Mary
2008	Haunted Echoes (aka: Darkness Visible)	Claire
2008	Take Flight: Gary Oldman Directs Chutzpah	The Director
2009	Green Lantern: First Flight	Labella
2009	Monster Mutt	Nataliya
2009	Albion Rising	Ella Wheeler Wilcox
2011	InSight	Dr. Lisa Rosan
2011	The Yellow Wallpaper	Charlotte Weiland
2012	Justice League: Doom	Ten (voice)
2012	Strange Frame	Bitsea (voice)<ref name="btva2" />
2014	Dark Hearts	Astrid
2014	Fairfield	Ms. Matthews
2014	Where the Road Runs Out	Corina
2015	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	Lois Lane (voice)<ref name="btva2" />
2016	The Bronx Bull	The Starlet
2017	The Terror of Hallow's Eve	Nurse Pryce
2020	A Place Among the Dead	Jules<ref name=":0" />

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2007	BioShock	Little Sisters
2009	Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks	Verdona<ref name="btva2" />
2012	PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale	Little Sister<ref name="btva2" />
2013-2014	BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea	Little Sister, Masha Lutz, Leta
2024	Dragon Age: The Veilguard	Johanna Hezenkoss

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
2019	L.A. by Night	Hester	Episode: "Witching Time"	<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref>

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2001	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Drusilla in Angel in 2000	Template:Sho

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