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Ilana Levine

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Ilana Levine
Born
New Jersey, United States
OccupationActress
SpouseDominic Fumusa (m. 2002)
Children2

Ilana Levine is an American actress. She made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy-drama series Tanner '88 (1988), appearing in 11 episodes.

Career

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Raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Levine attended Teaneck High School[citation needed] and Fordham University graduating in 1986.[1] She developed an interest in acting after seeing a script resting on a counter while she was getting her hair done in 1986 at a local Teaneck hair salon. The stylist referred her to a New York City-based acting program and suggested that she audit the course.[2]

Levine portrayed Andrea Spinelli in 11 episodes of HBO's comedy-drama series Tanner '88. In 1988, she was featured in a television and radio voice over for energy drink Red Bull. She played the role of Lucy van Pelt in the 1999 revival of the Broadway play You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Levine has also appeared on Broadway in Jake's Women, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and Wrong Mountain.

Since 2016 she is the host of the iTunes podcast Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine. In 2019, she along with drummer and percussionist Sam Maher started a podcast titled How To Be More Chill. In 2020, she started another podcast titled And The Award Goes To.[3][4][5]

She has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, Lois & Clark, and Law & Order, and in films including Kissing Jessica Stein, Ira and Abby, Friends with Kids, Five Flights Up, Gigantic, Confessions Of A Shopaholic, The Nanny Diaries, Don Peyote, Storytelling, and Failure to Launch.

Personal life

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Levine is married to actor Dominic Fumusa and they have two children named Georgia and Caleb.[6] Her husband converted to Judaism (her faith).[6]

Filmography

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Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Me and Veronica Jealous Woman
1995 Roommates ER Nurse
1995 Just Looking Gwen
1996 Mailman Denise Short film
1999 Just Looking Norma De Lorenzo
2000 Looking for an Echo Sandi, Vic's Date
2000 Drop Back Ten Pamela Berry
2001 The Adventures of Rug Raymond Vironica Salesian Short film
2001 The Job Diane
2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Helen's New Girlfriend
2001 Storytelling Onlooker #2 Segment: "Non-Fiction"
2002 Standard Time Marcy
2004 Marmalade Patty
2006 Failure to Launch Yoga Teacher
2006 Ira & Abby Aurora Finklestein
2007 The Nanny Diaries Whiny Mom
2008 The Accidental Husband Autograph Seeker
2008 Gigantic Ducky Saltinstall
2008 Gone to the Dogs Colleen Short film
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Svelte Manhattanite #2
2010 Civil Unions: A Love Story N/A Short film
2011 Friends with Kids Mom in Restaurant
2012 Girl Most Likely Teacher
2012 Greetings from Tim Buckley Paula
2014 Don Peyote Rabbi
2014 5 Flights Up Zoë's Mother
2020 Making the Day Hostess
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
1988 Tanner '88 Andrea Spinelli 11 episodes
1990 Thirtysomething Student #4 Episode: "I'm Nobody, Who Are You?"
1992 Seinfeld Joyce Episode: "The Contest"
1993 South of Sunset Maryanne Episode: "Dream Girl"
1994 NYPD Blue Monique Episode: "Jumpin' Jack Fleishman"
1995 Hope & Gloria Nina Episode: "Are We Having Fun Yet?"
1995 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Veronica Kipling Episode: "When Irish Eyes Are Killing"
1995 Partners Loretta Episode: "Sexiversary"
1995 Hudson Street Michelle Episode: "Saturday Night's the Loneliest Night of the Week"
1997 Life... and Stuff Nancy Linstrom Episode: "The First One"
1998, 2005 Law & Order Victim's Advocate Employee /

Emily Schoener

Episodes: "Bad Girl" (1998) and "Criminal Law" (2005)
2001 100 Centre Street Julie Killebrew Episode: "Queenie's Running"
2002, 2008,

2011

Law & Order: Criminal Intent Brenda Little / Evelyn Carlson /

Luke Miller's Attorney

Episodes: "Malignant" (2002), "Frame" (2008) and "Icarus" (2011)
2004 Tanner on Tanner Andrea Spinelli 4 episodes
2007 Rescue Me Saleswoman Episode: "Keefe"
2008 Cashmere Mafia Susie Episode: "The Deciders"
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Shelly Raedo Episode: "Strange Beauty"
2012 Damages Nurse Episode: "I'm Afraid of What I'll Find"
2019 Divorce Cassidy Episode: "Away Games"

Podcasts

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Year Title Notes
2016–present Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine Host and producer
2019–present How To Be More Chill Co-Host
2020–present And the Award Goes To Host

References

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  1. ^ "Stage and Screen Artists Reveal Little Known Facts in Conversation with Ilana Levine". Fordham News. January 30, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Mushinske, Joram. "Behind The Curtain; Stage Actress Ilana Levine celebrates live performance in her podcast", (201) magazine, December 2020. Accessed January 4, 2021. "Grew up in: Teaneck... Education: Teaneck High School, Fordham University"
  3. ^ "Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine". Little Known Facts. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "How To Be More Chill". Broadway Podcast Network. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "And The Award Goes To". Broadway Podcast Network. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Jews in the News: Mike Nichols, Yael Grobglas and Dominic Fumusa", Tampa Jewish Federation. Retrieved March 18, 2017. "Meanwhile, Nurse Jackie, which will begin its 7th and final season in April, has featured the DOMINIC FUMUSA, 45, as Jackie’s hunky husband, Kevin, since it began. Fumusa has been married to stage actress ILANA LEVINE, 50, since 2002 and they have two kids. A film director friend, who knows Fumusa, recently told me the actor converted to Judaism 'after a long period of study.' My web check revealed that Fumusa briefly mentioned his conversion to a blogger and that he and his wife are active in their local Jewish Federation."
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