Film

 

American Murderer

Release Date: October 21, 2022 (limited), October 28, 2022  (On Demand/streaming)
Rated: R
Directed By: Matthew Gentile
Role: Melanie

Plot: Charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown becomes wanted by the FBI after hatching his most elaborate scheme yet.

Description: Idina plays Melanie, a real estate agent who has a relationship with Jason and is interviewed by the FBI to help find him. This was filmed during COVID.

Cinderella

Release Date: September 3, 2021
Rated: PG
Directed By: Kay Cannon
Role: Vivian, the stepmother

Plot: A modern movie musical with a bold take on the classic fairy tale. Cinderella has big dreams and with the help of her fab Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.

Description: It’s a musical and Idina is part of several songs, including her showstopper, Dream Girl. Idina wrote Dream Girl with Laura Veltz and it was shortlisted at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song! It was originally going to be released in theaters, however, due to COVID it premiered on Amazon Prime with a very limited theater release.

Once Upon A Snowman

Once Upon A Snowman

Release Date: October 23, 2020 on Disney+
Rated: G
Directed By: Dan Abraham, Trent Correy
Role: Elsa

Plot: Olaf’s first steps as he comes to life and searches for his identity in the snowy mountains outside Arendelle in this short.

Description: Idina is credited and sings ‘Let It Go’ but doesn’t have any new lines. Available for streaming on Disney+.

Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems

Release Date: December 25, 2019
Rated: R
Directed By: Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
Role: Dinah Ratner

Plot: A charismatic jeweller makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.

Description: Idina plays Adam Sandler’s long-suffering and exasperated wife. She appears in several scenes throughout the movie as well as at the end.


Frozen II

Frozen II

Release Date: November 22, 2019
Rated: PG
Directed By: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Role: Elsa

Plot: Elsa the Snow Queen has an extraordinary gift — the power to create ice and snow. But no matter how happy she is to be surrounded by the people of Arendelle, Elsa finds herself strangely unsettled. After hearing a mysterious voice call out to her, Elsa travels to the enchanted forests and dark seas beyond her kingdom — an adventure that soon turns into a journey of self-discovery.

Description: Reprises her starring role as Elsa and also sings!

Frozen

Frozen

Release Date: November 27, 2013 (US)
Rated: PG
Directed By: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Role: Elsa

Plot: Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Snow Queen, the film tells the story of a fearless princess who sets off on an epic journey alongside a rugged mountain man, his loyal pet reindeer, and a hapless snowman to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.

Description: Plays Elsa, Queen of Arendelle who exiles herself when her powers of manipulating and creating ice and snow are revealed after a life-time of keeping them secret. Idina also sings in the movie, including “Let It Go” which became a worldwide phenomenon that crossed over onto mainstream radio.

Enchanted

Enchanted

Release Date: November 21, 2007 (US)
Rated: PG
Directed By: Kevin Lima
Role: Nancy

Plot: A new Disney musical combining traditional animation with live-action, Giselle , a princess-in-waiting, is banished by an evil queen, Narissa from the cartoon world of Andalasia to the hardened world of present-day New York, after falling in love with a handsome Prince.

Description: Plays Nancy, a New York fashion designer who is dating Robert (Patrick Dempsey), a single father whom Giselle falls in love with. Nancy eventually travels to the cartoon world.

Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust

Release Date: March 10, 2006 (limited)
Rated: R
Directed By: Robert Towne
Role: Vera Rivkin

Plot: Set in 1930s Los Angeles, the story follows Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), an Italian-American aspiring writer, Camilla (Salma Hayek), a Mexican woman who hopes to marry an American, and their tumultuous relationship.

Description: Appears as a emotionally shaken women who falls in love with Arturo, and who eventually becomes his muse.

The TollBooth

RENT, the movie

Release Date: November 23, 2005 (US)
Rated: PG-13
Directed By: Chris Columbus
Role: Maureen Johnson

Plot: Based on Jonathan Larson’s award-winning Broadway musical, the film chronicles a group of New York artists struggling with identity and artistic integrity in an HIV-positive world.

Description: Reprising the role she created on AND off-Broadway, she plays a sexy lesbian performance artist struggling to live an artist’s life in New York City with her lover and friends.

The TollBooth

The Tollbooth

World Premiere: Hampton Int. Film Festival – 2004
Release Date: February 3, 2006 (NYC/LI)
Rated: PG-13
Directed By: Debra Kirschner
Role: Raquel Cohen-Flaxman

Plot: A modern film about a college-age woman named Sarabeth (played by Marla Sokoloff) and her relationship with her very traditional American-Jewish family.

Description: Plays Sarabeth’s older, slightly more traditional, sister in the film – she’s got a great supporting role here.

Just a Kiss

Just a Kiss

Release Date: 2002
Rated: R
Directed By: Fisher Stevens
Role: Linda/Andrea

Plot: A group of 30-something New Yorkers, struggling with the affairs (literally) in their love lives, get the chance to turn back the clock for “do-overs”.

Description: Appears early on in the film as a dirty-mouthed, sexually driven woman whom the male lead, Dag (Ron Eldard), picks up at a bar.

Other Film Projects

Summer of Sam

Release Date: 1999
Rated: R
Role: uncredited/scenes cut from final film
Description: [from what I know] Her scene consisted of screaming profanities out a window while throwing her boyfriend’s clothes out of it.

Water

Release Date: Never Released
Directed By: Jennifer Houlton
Role: Jessy Turner

Plot: A woman visits an island off the New England coast where her sister has mysteriously turned up dead. With the help of a local cop, she desperately tries to find her sister’s murderer.

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