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. 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.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"
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.
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."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." Her husband converted to Judaism (her faith).
Filmography +Film rolesYearTitleRoleNotes1993Me and VeronicaJealous Woman1995RoommatesER Nurse1995Just LookingGwen1996MailmanDeniseShort film1999Just LookingNorma De Lorenzo2000Looking for an EchoSandi, Vic's Date2000Drop Back TenPamela Berry2001The Adventures of Rug RaymondVironica SalesianShort film2001The JobDiane2001Kissing Jessica SteinHelen's New Girlfriend2001StorytellingOnlooker #2Segment: "Non-Fiction"2002Standard TimeMarcy2004MarmaladePatty2006Failure to LaunchYoga Teacher2006Ira & AbbyAurora Finklestein2007The Nanny DiariesWhiny Mom2008The Accidental HusbandAutograph Seeker2008GiganticDucky Saltinstall2008Gone to the DogsColleenShort film2009Confessions of a ShopaholicSvelte Manhattanite #22010Civil Unions: A Love StoryN/AShort film2011Friends with KidsMom in Restaurant2012Girl Most LikelyTeacher2012Greetings from Tim BuckleyPaula2014Don PeyoteRabbi20145 Flights UpZoë's Mother2020Making the DayHostess +Television rolesYearTitleRoleNotes1988Tanner '88Andrea Spinelli11 episodes1990ThirtysomethingStudent #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?"1995Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanVeronica 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"1998Law & OrderEmily SchoenerEpisode: "Bad Girl"2001100 Centre StreetJulie KillebrewEpisode: "Queenie's Running"2002Law & Order: Criminal IntentLuke Miller's AttorneyEpisode: "Malignant"2004Tanner on TannerAndrea Spinelli4 episodes2005Law & OrderVictim's Advocate EmployeeEpisode: "Criminal Law"2007Rescue MeSaleswomanEpisode: "Keefe"2008Cashmere MafiaSusieEpisode: "The Deciders"2008Law & Order: Criminal IntentEvelyn CarlsonEpisode: "Frame"2011Law & Order: Criminal IntentBrenda LittleEpisode: "Icarus"2012Law & Order: Special Victims UnitShelly RaedoEpisode: "Strange Beauty"2012DamagesNurseEpisode: "I'm Afraid of What I'll Find"2019DivorceCassidyEpisode: "Away Games"
Podcasts 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
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