Elizabeth Perkins

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films including About Last Night (1986), From the Hip (1987), Big (1988), Enid Is Sleeping (1990), The Flintstones (1994), Moonlight and Valentino (1995), The Ring Two (2005) and Hop (2011). She is also well known for her role as Celia Hodes in the Showtime TV series Weeds, for which she received three Primetime Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations.

Early life

Perkins's paternal grandparents were Greek immigrants from Salonika who anglicized their surname from "Pisperikos" to "Perkins" when they moved to the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Perkins was raised in Colrain, Massachusetts; her parents divorced in 1963.<ref name='EPW' /> She began working in theatre with Arena Civic Theatre, a non-profit community theatre group based in Greenfield, Massachusetts.<ref name="BG">Arena Civic Theatre Boston Globe August 10, 1978</ref> Perkins attended Northfield Mount Hermon School, an elite preparatory school, and then spent 1978 to 1981 in Chicago attaining her Certificate in Acting from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University.<ref name='EPW' /> In 1984, she made her theatrical debut on Broadway in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs<ref>Movie's stars reflect on their roles and relationships by Philip Wuntch The Dallas Morning News, July 6, 1986</ref> and afterward worked in a number of ensemble companies, including The New York Shakespeare Festival and the Steppenwolf Theater.<ref>Perkins Finds a Role to Sink Sharp Teeth Into by JAN BRESLAUER Los Angeles Times November 17, 1995</ref>

Career

Perkins was listed as one of the 12 "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World. She made her film debut in 1986 in Edward Zwick's About Last Night... and had a career breakthrough co-starring with Tom Hanks in Big. She received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon,<ref name="DW">Elizabeth Perkins Biography, Dreamworks April 11, 2005</ref> and was a standout opposite William Hurt in The Doctor (1991), receiving critical acclaim for her performance as a terminal cancer patient.<ref name='EPW' /> In 1993, Perkins appeared in the television project For Their Own Good.<ref name="WB">Elizabeth Perkins Biography, Warner Brothers</ref> She later starred in the comedy series Battery Park and has appeared in television and films, including 1994's The Flintstones (starring as Wilma Flintstone) and Miracle on 34th Street (starring as Dorey Walker), and 2000's 28 Days (starring as Sandra Bullock's sister). Perkins also played a small voice role in 2003's Finding Nemo as Coral, a clownfish who is Marlin's wife and Nemo's mother who is killed and eaten by a barracuda at the beginning of the film. Perkins also appeared as a psychiatrist in 2005's The Ring Two, starring Naomi Watts.

From 2005 to 2009, Perkins played Celia Hodes, an alcoholic and image-obsessed parent–teacher association (PTA) mother, alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Justin Kirk on the Showtime series Weeds. For her work on Weeds, Perkins received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Miniseries or Made for TV Motion Picture (in 2006 and 2007).<ref name='EPW' /> She was also nominated three times for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Weeds.<ref name='EPW'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At a screening of the season 2 finale of Weeds, at the Museum of TV and Radio on October 25, 2006, Perkins said that she considers Celia Hodes her favorite role in her career.<ref name='EPW' /> On May 6, 2010, she announced that the fifth season of Weeds was her last despite the cliffhanger her character had in the season finale.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

She starred in the ABC comedy series How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life).<ref>Producer Claudia Lonow On ABC's 'How To Live With Your Parents': TCA,Deadline Hollywood, July 27, 2012. Played Birdie in the Netflix original show GLOW.</ref> She played Birdie in the Netflix original series GLOW.

Personal life

Perkins married Terry Kinney in 1984; they divorced in 1988.<ref name="DIV">Chicago Sun Times Perkins doctors up career after 'Big' break by Luaine Lee, August 30, 1991</ref> She has one daughter with Maurice Phillips. In 2000, she married Argentine-born cinematographer Julio Macat, gaining three stepsons: Maximillian, Alexander and Andreas.<ref>According to Parade Magazine (August 5, 2007)</ref>

In 2005, at the age of 44, she learned that she had latent autoimmune diabetes, a form of type 1 diabetes that is most often diagnosed in middle age.<ref>"Shock & Awesome" Template:Webarchive. (February 2008) Diabetes Forecast Magazine. Accessed July 5, 2009.</ref>

In 2017, Perkins held a sign naming actor James Woods above the hashtag #MeToo during a rally against sexual harassment in Los Angeles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	About Last Night	Joan
1987	From the Hip	Jo Ann
1988	Big	Susan Lawrence
	Sweet Hearts Dance	Adie Nims
1990	Love at Large	Stella Wynkowski
	Enid Is Sleeping	June
	Avalon	Ann Kaye
1991	He Said, She Said	Lorie Bryer
	Template:Sortname	June Ellis
1993	Indian Summer	Jennifer Morton
1994	Template:Sortname	Wilma Flintstone
	Miracle on 34th Street	Dorey Walker
1995	Moonlight and Valentino	Rebecca Trager Lott
1997	Lesser Prophets	Susan
1998	I'm Losing You	Aubrey Wicker
1999	Crazy in Alabama	Joan Blake
2000	28 Days	Lily Cummings
2001	Cats & Dogs	Carolyn Brody
2002	All I Want	Blanche	AKA, Try Seventeen
2003	Finding Nemo	Coral	Voice
2004	Gilded Stones	Polly	Short film
	Speak	Joyce Sordino
	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Miranda Coolidge
2005	Template:Sortname	Dr. Emma Temple
	Template:Sortname	Rachel Kleinman
	Must Love Dogs	Carol Nolan
	Fierce People	Mrs. Langley
	Kids in America	Sondra Carmichael
2009	Le chat est mort	Rhonda	Short film
2011	Hop	Bonnie O'Hare
2016	Super Sex	Jane	Short film
	Ghostbusters	Phyllis Adler	Extended cut
2021	My Little Pony: A New Generation	Phyllis Cloverleaf	Voice role<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Aunt May Parker
2025	Another Simple Favor	Margaret McLanden

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	For Their Own Good	Sally Wheeler	Television film
1997	Cloned	Skye Weston
	Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women	Gertruda Babilinska
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Marilyn Lovell	Episode: "The Original Wives Club"
2000	If These Walls Could Talk 2	Alice Hedley	Television film
	Battery Park	Captain Madeline Dunleavy	6 episodes
2001	What Girls Learn	Mama	Television film
2002	My Sister's Keeper	Judy Chapman
2002–04	King of the Hill	Jan Shaw, Mrs. Ashmore, Sherilyn (voice)	Episodes: "Get Your Freak Off," "How I Learned to Stop Worrying," "The Redneck on Rainey Street"
2005	Hercules	Alcmene	2 episodes
2005–09	Weeds	Celia Hodes	63 episodes
2009	Monk	Christine Rapp	Episode: "Mr. Monk's Favorite Show"
2011	Vince Uncensored	Janet Donohue	Television film
	Template:Sortname	Gail Meyers	Episode: "Road Block"
2013	How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)	Elaine Green	13 episodes
2014	Hell's Kitchen	Herself	Episode: "15 Chefs Compete"
	How to Get Away with Murder	Marren Trudeau	Episode: "Let's Get to Scooping"
	One Child	Katherine Ashley	3 episodes
2017–22	This Is Us	Janet Malone	6 episodes
2017–19	GLOW	Birdie	2 episodes
2017	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Marilyn
2018	Sharp Objects	Jackie O'Neill	8 episodes
2019	Corporate	The Accountant	Episode: "The Expense Report"
2019–21	The Moodys	Ann Moody	Main role<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019–20	Truth Be Told	Melanie Cave
2022	Barry	Diane Villa	3 episodes
2023	The Afterparty	Isabel Minnows	Main role (Season 2)
	Minx	Constance	7 episodes
	The Morning Show	Elena	Episode: "Update Your Priors"

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Production	Result
1992	CFCA Award	Best Supporting Actress	The Doctor	Template:Nom
2005	Satellite Award	Outstanding Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical	Weeds	Template:Nom
2006	Satellite Award	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie		Template:Nom
	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie		Template:Nom
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Template:Nom
2007				Template:Nom
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Template:Nom
	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie		Template:Nom
	Golden Nymph	Outstanding Actress – Comedy Series		Template:Nom
2009	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Template:Nom
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Template:Nom
2019	Critics' Choice Television Award	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Sharp Objects	Template:Nom

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