Juliet Rose Landau (born March 30, 1965) 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 parents Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, both of whom were actors.Pfefferman, Naomi. The 'Majestic' Martin Landau. JewishJournal.com. December 21, 2001.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..." Her older sister is film producer Susan Landau Finch. She spent her early childhood in West Los Angeles. Landau is a former professional ballerina.
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.
Landau made her directorial debut in 2008 with Take Flight, a short documentary film about Gary Oldman and his creative process. Oldman spoke positively about the experience. 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."'Buffy' star Juliet Landau writing Drusilla spin-off comic miniseries" by Adam B. Vary at ew.com She was slated to write a five-part Drusilla miniseries from Dark Horse Comics in 2014, which is now delayed.
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. Her portrayal received positive reviews"Theater review: ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’ at Crown City Theatre" by David C. Nichols at www.latimes.com"Theatre Review: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" by Sean Elliott at www.assignmentx.com and awards,"2011-2012 StageSceneLA Scenies" at stagescenela.com and the show was extended multiple times due to its popularity."Juliet Landau" by Kurt Anthony Krug, Metro You Magazine, page 57 (March, 2012) at digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com
In July 2013, Landau was cast as a new incarnation of the Time Lord Romana in the audio dramas Gallifrey and Luna Romana, 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 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.
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 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.2008–2010Ben 10: Alien ForceHelen Wheels, Verdona, Natalie TennysonVoice, 7 episodes2011 Goodnight Burbank Herself Episode: "Lesbians on Acid"2011–2012Ben 10: Ultimate AlienVerdona, Natalie Tennyson, WaitressVoice, 4 episodes 2012 Criminal Minds Catherine Heathridge Episode: "Heathridge Manor" Green Lantern: The Animated Series Drusa Voice, 3 episodesThunderCatsQueen LeonaEpisode: "Native Son" 2014 Ben 10: Omniverse Helen Wheels, Magistrata Voice, episode: "Weapon XI" 2015 Muzzled: the Musical Black Matron 2017 Bosch Rita Tedesco 2020 Claws Cordelia
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) 2014 Dark Hearts Astrid 2014 Fairfield Ms. Matthews 2014 Where the Road Runs Out Corina 2015 Justice League: Throne of Atlantis Lois Lane (voice) 2016 The Bronx Bull The Starlet 2017 The Terror of Hallow's Eve Nurse Pryce 2020 A Place Among the Dead Jules
Video games Year Title Role 2007 BioShock Little Sisters2009Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax AttacksVerdona 2012 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Little Sister 2013-2014 BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Little Sister, Masha Lutz, Leta 2024 Dragon Age: The Veilguard Johanna Hezenkoss
Web + Year Title Role Notes 2019L.A. by NightHesterEpisode: "Witching Time"
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee Result 2001 Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress on Television Drusilla in Angel in 2000
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