Nicole Burdette

Nicole Maria Burdette (born December 24, 1963)[1][2] is an American playwright and actress, currently working as an assistant professor at The New School for Drama.[3]

Nicole Burdette
Born
Nicole Maria Burdette

(1963-12-24) December 24, 1963
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Alma materNew York University (BA)
RelativesMike Stepovich (uncle)

Early life and education

Burdette was born in San Francisco,[2] the first of two children of Ellen (née Stepovich) and Lawrence Burdette. Her uncle is former Governor of Alaska, Mike Stepovich.[4] She has a younger sister named Laura.

She attended New York University with a triple major in acting, writing and the humanities. She graduated with honors and was a recipient of the Founders' Day Award.[3]

Career

In 1986, she co-founded the theater company Naked Angels, which she named.[3][2] Her first film role was in 1987's Angel Heart. Her first major role was as Mabel opposite Brad Pitt in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It. She portrayed Barbara Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos from 2000 to 2001. She received the Best Screenplay Award at the 2001 Newport Beach Film Festival for Maze.[3] She adapted her 1989 play Chelsea Walls into a feature film directed by Ethan Hawke, which premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

Burdette has written for magazines such as Bomb[5] and Harper's Bazaar, for which she interviewed Robert Redford in 1992.[6]

She has been teaching courses on playwriting and screenwriting at The New School for Drama for more than 10 years. She has also taught at Columbia University's film school.[3]

In 2018 she was nominated for the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Writing credits

Stage
Title Notes
After The Deer Hunter
Busted directed by Timothy Hutton (1993)
Chelsea Walls Written 1989, premiered 1990. Adapted by Burdette into feature film
I'd Rather Be Punch Drunk
Listen to the Music and Wait
Pagans in Limbo WNYC radio play commissioned by the McCarter Theatre, February 1992
Scandinavian Scorpions directed by Burdette
Sullivan Travels Again
The Bluebird Special Came Through Here directed by Rebecca Miller
The Dizziness of Too Many Possibilities
The Great Unwashed directed by Max Mayer. Produced by Malaparte and Jason Blum
The Investigation of Solitude
Unknown Citizen
Yes! We Have No Pajamas directed by Brian MacDevitt

Film
Year Title Notes
2000 Maze screenplay co-writer
2001 Chelsea Walls

Acting credits

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Angel Heart Ellie
1987 Nuts Cell Woman #3
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway Woman on Corner
1990 Goodfellas Carbone's Girlfriend
1990 Industrial Symphony No. 1 Chorus Girl
1992 A River Runs Through It Mabel
1993 Geoffrey Beene 30 Woman Short
1995 Search and Destroy Dorothy
1995 Palookaville Chris
1998 Digging to China Miss Mosher
2008 The Accidental Husband Woman Caller

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000-2007 The Sopranos Barbara Soprano Giglione 14 episodes

References
  1. "Cubib Public Data Search: Nicole Burdette". Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  2. Heilpern, John (November 1993). "Voices From The Edge". Vogue. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  3. "Nicole Burdette faculty profile". Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  4. "Mike Stepovich, Who Led Alaska to Statehood, Dies at 94". New York Times. February 20, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  5. "Nicole Burdette - BOMB Magazine". Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  6. Burdette, Nicole (October 1992). "Weird Wild and Woolly; Welcome to the Offbeat World of Robert Redford". Harper's Bazaar.
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