Leslie Ayvazian is an Armenians playwright, educator and character actress.[ High Dive by Leslie Ayvazian New Theatre, January 28 - February 13, 2011.]
Biography
Ayvazian is the recipient of the Roger L. Stevens (1994) and Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (1996) for her work
Nine Armenians, which was produced at Manhattan Theatre Club. She also received a fellowship from the New Jersey Council of the Arts and assistance from the New Harmony Writers Project in developing the play. Her numerous works have been produced off-Broadway, in major regional theatres, and in Poland and Slovakia. The Atlantic Theater Company produced her play "Make Me" as part of their 2008-2009 Stage 2 season.
Ayvazian has appeared in the films Working Girl, Alice and Regarding Henry, and is a recurring guest star in the Law and Order franchise.
Ayvazian is currently an adjunct professor at the graduate school of Columbia University.
Plays
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Deaf Day
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High Dive
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Lovely Day
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Mama Drama
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Nine Armenians
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Plan Day
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Singer's Boy
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Twenty Four Years
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Make Me
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Lost in Yonkers
[ Leslie Ayvazian Internet Broadway Database]
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A Naked Girl on the Appian Way
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High Dive
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Selected filmography
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Working Girl (1988), as Dewey Stone Reception Guest
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Me and Him (1988), as Paramedic
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Ask Me Again (1989), as Maxine
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Alice (1990), uncredited
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Regarding Henry (1991), uncredited
TV appearances
- Flour Babies (1990), as Mrs. Emerson
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American Playhouse
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The Sunset Gang ( The Home segment, 1991)
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Law & Order
- Jurisdiction (1993), as Korolek
- House Counsel (1995), as Priscilla Lempert
- Homesick (1996), as Mrs. Karmel
- (2005), as Ruth Stockton
- Limitations (2000)
- Baby Killer (2000)
- Abuse (2001)
- Ridicule (2001)
- Resilience (2002)
- Mail Order Mystery (2004), as Lynette Bradwell
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