Nancy Ellen Shore

Writer-performer Nancy Ellen Shore can be seen as Matty's Aunt (day player) in Romina Schwedler's The Visit, a multiple-award-winning film short starring Academy Award-nominee June Squibb. In the works: Geriatric Doctor (day player) in Emmy-winning director Paul Starkman's feature film Wheels (2018). Recent theater work: Mrs. Higgins in New Bedford Festival Theatre's My Fair Lady starring Peter Gregus (Broadway's Jersey Boys) at the Zeiterion Theatre. TV: Third season as a recurring State Department Advisor (core ensemble) on Madam Secretary (CBS). Recurring Inmate (core ensemble), Orange Is the New Black, Seasons 1-5 (Netflix) and has been featured since 2012 in many other TV shows and movies, playing everything from a homeless woman to a wealthy Theater Patron/Tony Voter friend of Eileen Rand, Anjelica Huston's character, on Smash, Season 2. A former theater critic/feature writer for Backstage, Stages, and The Providence Journal, she has penned juvenile biographies (Amelia Earhart, Anne Hutchinson), written for Time-Life Books, and done editorial work at Condé Nast, The New York Review of Books, and many other NYC newspapers, magazines, and publishing companies. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equity, and the Dramatists Guild. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Nancy Ellen Shore