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Diane Neal Profile |
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Birth Date: November 17, 1975
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Birth Place: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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Birth Name: Diane Neal
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Height: 5'10"
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Biography |
Diane Neal
is an American actress widely known for her role as Casey
Novak on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She had
previously appeared in the Season Three episode "Ridicule"
as high-powered female rapist Amelia Chase before joining
the main cast as their ADA.
Neal's family moved to Colorado when she was young. She
attended college as a pre-medical major but dropped out to
pursue a modeling career. Neal studied archaeology in Israel
and Egypt. She was also a competitive ice skater at one
point. Neal is the youngest of three sisters and has been
married to Marcus Fitzgerald since July 9, 2005. Fitzgerald
and Neal got engaged two weeks after their first date. They
were engaged for seven years before getting married. |
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Other
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She has studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company
Acting School.
At one time, she was a competitive figure skater.
When not working, she enjoys playing basketball and
softball.
She is a former model.
Before becoming the A.D.A. on Law and Order: SVU, she had
appeared on Season 3-Episode 10 ("Ridicule") of SVU, as a
woman who had gang raped a male stripper with her female
friends.
Engaged to her boyfriend of seven years, Marcus Fitzgerald,
an engineer and former model. The couple married on July 9,
2005.
Studied archaeology in Egypt and Israel. |
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since October 2, 2007