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Jillian Armenante's feature film credits include "Moonlight Mile," "Girl, Interrupted," "Frankie and Johnny Are Married," "Delivered," "The Wright Brothers," "Trust Me," "Seven Mysteries of Life," "Dogfight" and "Nowhere Man."
Armenante has an extensive theater background. She played Melony in "The Cider House Rules" at the Atlantic Theater in New York City, the Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. For this role, she received a Garland Award and a Theatreworld Award for Debut on the New York Stage.
For Circle X Theatre in Los Angeles, she co-wrote, produced and directed "Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog," which received both the 2002 Theatre LA Ovation Award and the Los Angeles Weekly Award for World Premiere of a Musical. She also co-wrote, produced and directed "In Flagrante Gothicto" at Circle X in 2000. The show received Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle Awards for Writing, Directing and Production as well as the Ted Schmitt Award for Most Outstanding Debut of a New Play. The production also won the Los Angeles Weekly Award for Playwriting and Comedy Ensemble and Garland Awards for Production, Direction, Writing, Ensemble and Lead Actress Alice Dodd. As associate artistic director for Circle X's second season, Armenante directed and produced the world premiere of "Great Men of Science, Nos. 21 & 22." The show received a Theatre LA Ovation Award for Best Production in a Small Theatre and the LA Weekly Award for Best Production.
Her television credits include guest appearances in "The West Wing," "Cracker," "Medicine Ball" and, on CBS, "Northern Exposure."
Armenante was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and lives in Los Angeles. Her birth date is July 5.
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