The Biography

Ilana Levine (born December 5, 1963, in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA) graduated from Fordham University in 1986. She made her on-screen debut in the HBO miniseries Tanner '88 (1988), directed by Robert Altman. On Broadway she is best known as Lucy van Pelt in the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and has also appeared in Jake's Women, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and Wrong Mountain. She is a founding member of the Naked Angels theater company and hosts the podcast Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine. She is married to actor Dominic Fumusa (m. 2002) and they have two children. Her notable film credits include Kissing Jessica Stein (2001, with Ben Stiller), Failure to Launch (2006, with Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson), The Nanny Diaries (2007, with Scarlett Johansson), The Accidental Husband (2008, with Uma Thurman and Kevin Costner), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009, with Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy), Friends with Kids (2011, with Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph), Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012, with Jack Black), and 5 Flights Up (2014, with Morgan Freeman).