Ellen Barkin

ActorProducer Apr 16 (age 71) New York City, New York, USA 1956–2023 (67 year career)

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Biography

Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film Diner, and in the following years, she had starring roles in films such as Tender Mercies (1983), Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), The Big Easy (1986), Johnny Handsome, and Sea of Love (both 1989).

Known For

Film

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Waitress at North Star Cafe

Film

Ocean's Thirteen

Abigail Sponder

Film

Letters to Juliet

Producer

Film

This Boy's Life

Caroline Wolff Hansen

Film

Down by Law

Laurette

Film

Animal Kingdom

Janine "Smurf" Cody

Film

The Cobbler

Elaine Greenawalt

Film

Brooklyn's Finest

Agent Smith

Filmography

Acting (77)

Movies (62)

The Out-Laws

as Lilly McDermott

The Man from Toronto

as The Handler

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021

as Debbie

5.9

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017

as Sasha Walz

6.3

Active Adults

2017

as Lucy

Hands of Stone

as Stephanie Arcel

The Cobbler

as Elaine Greenawalt

Very Good Girls

as Norma Berger

Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne

as Self

Another Happy Day

as Lynn

His Way

as Self

Operation: Endgame

as Empress

Brooklyn's Finest

as Agent Smith

Shit Year

as Colleen West

Twelve

as Jessica's Mother

The Chameleon

as Kimberly Miller

Happy Tears

as Shelly

Ocean's Thirteen

as Abigail Sponder

Palindromes

as Joyce Victor

Trust the Man

as Norah

She Hate Me

as Margo Chadwick

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

as Self

Someone Like You...

as Diane Roberts

Mercy

as Det. Catherine Palmer

5.1

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

as Maggie Skolnick

Drop Dead Gorgeous

as Annette Atkins

The White River Kid

as Eva Nell La Fangroy

4.9

Diner: On The Flip Side

1999

as Self

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

as Waitress at North Star Cafe

7.2

Before Women Had Wings

1997

as Glory Marie Jackson

The Fan

as Jewel Stern

Mad Dog Time

as Rita Everly

Bad Company

as Margaret Wells

Wild Bill

as Calamity Jane

This Boy's Life

as Caroline Wolff Hansen

Man Trouble

as Joan Spruance

Into the West

as Kathleen

Mac

as Oona Goldfarb

Switch

as Amanda Brooks

Sea of Love

as Helen Cruger

Johnny Handsome

as Sunny Boyd

Clinton and Nadine

as Nadine Powers

Made in Heaven

as Lucille (uncredited)

Siesta

as Claire

Down by Law

as Laurette

Act of Vengeance

as Annette Gilly

The Big Easy

as Anne Osborne

Desert Bloom

as Aunt Starr

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed

1986

as Princess Henrietta

Terminal Choice

1985

as Mary O'Connor

3.4

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

as Penny Priddy

Harry & Son

as Katie Wilowski

Terrible Joe Moran

as Ronnie

Tender Mercies

as Sue Anne

Daniel

as Phyllis Isaacson

Eddie and the Cruisers

1983

as Maggie Foley

6.7

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

as Virginia

Diner

as Beth Schreiber

Parole

as Donna

Kent State

1981

as Student (uncredited)

We're Fighting Back

as Chris Capoletti

Up in Smoke

as Woman Playing Guitar (uncredited)

6.6

Television (15)

Poker Face

2023

as Kathleen Townsend

7.5

Animal Kingdom

2016

as Janine "Smurf" Cody

7.7

HAPPYish

2015

as Dani Kirschenbloom

6.7

The New Normal

2012

as Jane Forrest

6.0

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Modern Family

as Mitzi Roth

Comedy Central Roasts

as Self

King of the Hill

as Lenore (voice)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self - Guest

3.9

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982

as Princess Henrietta

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Another Happy Day

Producer

Letters to Juliet

Producer

Shit Year

Executive Producer