Ilana Levine


Ilana Levine is an American actress. She made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy-drama series Tanner '88, appearing in 11 episodes.
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Career

Raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Levine attended Teaneck High School and Fordham University graduating in 1986. She developed an interest in acting after seeing a script resting on a counter while she was getting her hair done in 1986 at a local Teaneck hair salon. The stylist referred her to a New York City-based acting program and suggested that she audit the course.
Levine portrayed Andrea Spinelli in 11 episodes of HBO's comedy-drama series Tanner '88. In 1988, she was featured in a television and radio voice over for energy drink Red Bull. She played the role of Lucy van Pelt in the 1999 revival of the Broadway play You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Levine has also appeared on Broadway in Jake's Women, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and Wrong Mountain.
Since 2016 she is the host of the iTunes podcast Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine. In 2019, she along with drummer and percussionist Sam Maher started a podcast titled How To Be More Chill. In 2020, she started another podcast titled And The Award Goes To.
She has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, Lois & Clark, and Law & Order, and in films including Kissing Jessica Stein, Ira and Abby, Friends with Kids, Five Flights Up, Gigantic, Confessions Of A Shopaholic, The Nanny Diaries, Don Peyote, Storytelling, and ''Failure to Launch.''

Personal life

Levine is married to actor Dominic Fumusa and they have two children named Georgia and Caleb. Her husband converted to Judaism.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988Tanner '88Andrea Spinelli11 episodes
1990ThirtysomethingStudent #4Episode: "I'm Nobody, Who Are You?"
1992SeinfeldJoyceEpisode: "The Contest"
1993South of SunsetMaryanneEpisode: "Dream Girl"
1994NYPD BlueMoniqueEpisode: "Jumpin' Jack Fleishman"
1995Hope & GloriaNinaEpisode: "Are We Having Fun Yet?"
1995Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanVeronica KiplingEpisode: "When Irish Eyes Are Killing"
1995PartnersLorettaEpisode: "Sexiversary"
1995Hudson StreetMichelleEpisode: "Saturday Night's the Loneliest Night of the Week"
1997Life... and StuffNancy LinstromEpisode: "The First One"
1998Law & OrderEmily SchoenerEpisode: "Bad Girl"
2001100 Centre StreetJulie KillebrewEpisode: "Queenie's Running"
2002Law & Order: Criminal IntentLuke Miller's AttorneyEpisode: "Malignant"
2004Tanner on TannerAndrea Spinelli4 episodes
2005Law & OrderVictim's Advocate EmployeeEpisode: "Criminal Law"
2007Rescue MeSaleswomanEpisode: "Keefe"
2008Cashmere MafiaSusieEpisode: "The Deciders"
2008Law & Order: Criminal IntentEvelyn CarlsonEpisode: "Frame"
2011Law & Order: Criminal IntentBrenda LittleEpisode: "Icarus"
2012Law & Order: Special Victims UnitShelly RaedoEpisode: "Strange Beauty"
2012DamagesNurseEpisode: "I'm Afraid of What I'll Find"
2019DivorceCassidyEpisode: "Away Games"