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Jillian Armenante (b. July 5 1968, Paterson, New Jersey) is a television and film actress. She is best known for her role on the TV show Judging Amy as "Donna Kozlowski."

Theater

With partner, Alice Dodd, [1] she produced, directed and co-wrote Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog and In Flagrante Gothicto at the Circle X Theatre Company.

Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog was nominated for Theatre L.A. Ovation Awards as "Best New Musical" and "Best Musical Production".

In Flagrante Gothicto received:

• Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awards for writing, directing and production
• The Ted Schmitt Award for "Most Outstanding Debut of a New Play"
• Los Angeles Weekly Award for playwriting and comedy ensemble *Garland Awards for production, direction, writing, ensemble and Lead Actress (Alice Dodd)

In Flagrante Gothicto was produced at The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle in their 2003 season.

Armenante directed the world premiere of Great Men Of Science, Nos. 21 & 22. The show received a Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for "Best Production in a 99 seat theatre", and The L.A. Weekly Award for Best Production. She also produced The Texarkansas Waltz at Circle X Theatre.

Regionally, she has acted at the Empty Space Theatre in the title role of The Salvation Of Iggy Scrooge; at the Group Theatre in Marisol; at New City Theatre in Stript and 3 Americanisms.

She played "Melony" a stage version of The Cider House Rules which was performed at The Atlantic Theatre in New York City, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. For this role she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, received a Garland Award and a Theatre World Award for "Debut on the New York Stage". The show also received a Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for "Best Production in a Larger Theatre".

In Seattle, she was a member of Annex Theatre for eight years, where she appeared in The Fatty Arbuckle Spookhouse Review, Bessemer's Spectacles, Tattoo Girl, and Hamlet The Musical. At Annex, she directed Triplets In Uniform, Exquisite Torture, and Running From Boomerangs.

She was the Associate Artistic Director for Alice B. Theatre where she produced Pretty, Witty and Gay and Memory Tricks by Marga Gomez at the Broadway Performance Hall.

Films

• Dogfight (1991)
• Adventures in Spying (1992)
• The Seven Mysteries of Life (1994)
• The Wright Brothers (1997)
• Delivered (1998)
• Girl, Interrupted (1999)
• Moonlight Mile (2002)
• Frankie and Johnny Are Married (2004)
• North Country (2005)
• Wisteria: The Story of Albert Fish (2006)

Television

• Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994)
• Me & George (1998)
• Judging Amy (1999)

Other trivia

• She is reportedly the godmother of Angelina Jolie's adopted son, Maddox.

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