Diane Kagan Biography

Fast Facts

• Her first television appearance was on the TV series "The Best of Everything" in 1970
• She was a member of the New Dramatists in 1974 and continues to support their efforts to help playwrights make lasting contributions to theater
• Best known as a stage actress and for her role as Jennifer in "Meet Joe Black" and as Phila McWilliams in "Julie & Julia․"
• She has appeared on Broadway in the plays "Vieux Carre," "The Chinese Prime Minister," and "Any Wednesday․"
• She is also a published author, having written two plays, "The Corridor" and "Marvelous Brown," as well as a novel called "Who Won Second Place at Omaha?"
• Her other theater credits include "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Suddenly Last Summer," "Wit," and others
• She has appeared on "Law & Order" three times, in 1991, 1993, and 1999, two of those times as a judge