Jillian Armenante

Jillian Armenante (born July 5, 1968) is an American television and film actress, known for playing the role of Donna Kozlowski on the TV show "Judging Amy".
Life and career.
Armenante was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
Her feature-film credits include "Vice", "Hail, Caesar!", "Bad Teacher", "A Mighty Heart", "North Country" and "Girl, Interrupted". On television, Armenante has made guest appearances on several shows including "Fresh Off the Boat", "The Mayor", "Shameless", "Medium", "Party Down", "Castle", "The Closer", "Private Practice", "Grey's Anatomy", "Las Vegas", "ER", "Six Feet Under", "The West Wing", and "Northern Exposure".
With Alice Dodd, her wife, Armenante co-produced, co-directed and co-wrote "Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog" and "In Flagrante Gothicto" at the Circle X Theatre Company. "Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog" won the Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for "Best New Musical" and "Best Musical Production".
"In Flagrante Gothicto" received:
"In Flagrante Gothicto" was produced at The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle in their 2003 season.
Armenante directed the world premiere of "Great Men Of Science, Nos. 21 & 22". The show received a Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for "Best Production in a 99 seat theatre", and The L.A. Weekly Award for Best Production. She also produced "The Texarkansas Waltz" at Circle X Theatre.
Regionally, she has acted at the Empty Space Theatre in the title role of "The Salvation Of Iggy Scrooge"; at the Group Theatre in "Marisol"; at New City Theatre in "Stript and 3 Americanisms".
She played "Melony" in a stage version of "The Cider House Rules" which was performed at The Atlantic Theater in New York City, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. For this role she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, received a Garland Award and a Theatre World Award for "Debut on the New York Stage". The show also received a Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for "Best Production in a Larger Theatre".
In Seattle, she was a member of Annex Theatre for eight years, where she appeared in "The Fatty Arbuckle Spookhouse Review", "Bessemer's Spectacles", "Tattoo Girl", and "Hamlet The Musical". At Annex, she directed "Triplets In Uniform", "Exquisite Torture", and "Running From Boomerangs". She was the Associate Artistic Director for Alice B. Theatre where she produced "Pretty, Witty and Gay" and "Memory Tricks" by Marga Gomez at the Broadway Performance Hall.
Personal life.
Armenante is married to actress Alice Dodd. The couple have two daughters: Hazel Georgia Dodd Armenante (born 2004) and Heloise Margaret Armenante Dodd (born 2008).