Ilana Levine Explained

Ilana Levine
Birth Place:New Jersey, United States
Occupation:Actress
Spouse:Dominic Fumusa (m. 2002)
Children:2

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

Raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Levine attended Teaneck High School 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

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

Filmography

Film roles!Year!Title!Role!Notes
1993Me and VeronicaJealous Woman
1995RoommatesER Nurse
1995Just LookingGwen
1996MailmanDeniseShort film
1999Just LookingNorma De Lorenzo
2000Looking for an EchoSandi, Vic's Date
2000Drop Back TenPamela Berry
2001The Adventures of Rug RaymondVironica SalesianShort film
2001The JobDiane
2001Kissing Jessica SteinHelen's New Girlfriend
2001StorytellingOnlooker #2Segment: "Non-Fiction"
2002Standard TimeMarcy
2004MarmaladePatty
2006Failure to LaunchYoga Teacher
2006Ira & AbbyAurora Finklestein
2007The Nanny DiariesWhiny Mom
2008The Accidental HusbandAutograph Seeker
2008GiganticDucky Saltinstall
2008Gone to the DogsColleenShort film
2009Confessions of a ShopaholicSvelte Manhattanite #2
2010Civil Unions: A Love StoryN/AShort film
2011Friends with KidsMom in Restaurant
2012Girl Most LikelyTeacher
2012Greetings from Tim BuckleyPaula
2014Don PeyoteRabbi
20145 Flights UpZoë's Mother
2020Making the DayHostess
Television roles!Year!Title!Role!Notes
1988Tanner '88Andrea Spinelli11 episodes
1990ThirtysomethingStudent #4Episode: "I'm Nobody, Who Are You?"
1992SeinfeldJoyceEpisode: "The Contest"
1993South of SunsetMaryanneEpisode: "Dream Girl"
1994NYPD BlueMoniqueEpisode: "Jumpin' Jack Fleishman"
1995Hope & GloriaNinaEpisode: "Are We Having Fun Yet?"
1995Veronica KiplingEpisode: "When Irish Eyes Are Killing"
1995PartnersLorettaEpisode: "Sexiversary"
1995Hudson StreetMichelleEpisode: "Saturday Night's the Loneliest Night of the Week"
1997Life... and StuffNancy LinstromEpisode: "The First One"
1998, 2005Law & OrderVictim's Advocate Employee / Emily SchoenerEpisodes: "Bad Girl" (1998) and "Criminal Law" (2005)
2001100 Centre StreetJulie KillebrewEpisode: "Queenie's Running"
2002, 2008, 2011Brenda Little / Evelyn Carlson / Luke Miller's AttorneyEpisodes: "Malignant" (2002), "Frame" (2008) and "Icarus" (2011)
2004Tanner on TannerAndrea Spinelli4 episodes
2007Rescue MeSaleswomanEpisode: "Keefe"
2008Cashmere MafiaSusieEpisode: "The Deciders"
2012Shelly RaedoEpisode: "Strange Beauty"
2012DamagesNurseEpisode: "I'm Afraid of What I'll Find"
2019DivorceCassidyEpisode: "Away Games"

Podcasts

YearTitleNotes
2016–presentLittle Known Facts with Ilana LevineHost and producer
2019–presentHow To Be More ChillCo-Host
2020–presentAnd the Award Goes ToHost

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stage and Screen Artists Reveal Little Known Facts in Conversation with Ilana Levine. Fordham News. July 17, 2023. January 30, 2019.
  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. Web site: Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine. July 17, 2023. Little Known Facts.
  4. Web site: How To Be More Chill. July 17, 2023. Broadway Podcast Network.
  5. Web site: And The Award Goes To. July 17, 2023. Broadway Podcast Network.
  6. https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-mike-nichols-dominic-fumusa-and "Jews in the News: Mike Nichols, Yael Grobglas and Dominic Fumusa"