Ellen Barkin
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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).
In 1991, for her leading role in the film Switch, Barkin received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Her subsequent film credits include: Man Trouble, Into the West (both 1992), This Boy's Life (1993), Bad Company, Wild Bill (both 1995), The Fan (1996), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000), Palindromes (2004), Trust the Man (2005), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Brooklyn's Finest (2009), and The Cobbler (2014).
In 1998, Barkin received a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the television film Before Women Had Wings. In 2011, she received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway theatre debut in The Normal Heart. From 2016 until 2019, she played the leading role of Janine "Smurf" Cody on the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom. From 2012 until 2013, she played the leading role of Jane Forrest on the NBC sitcom The New Normal.
Her producing credits include the films Letters to Juliet, Shit Year (both 2010), and Another Happy Day (2011).
Early lifeEdit
Barkin was born on April 16, 1954, in the Bronx, New York,<ref name="NYT_20110424" /> the daughter of Evelyn (née Rozin), a hospital administrator who worked at Jamaica Hospital, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=lac>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref><ref name=atn>Template:Cite news</ref> Her family is Jewish;<ref name="ref1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> they emigrated from Siberia and the Ukrainian–Polish border.<ref>Carl Reiner. Interview by Carl Reiner. June 1, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2008. Template:Webarchive</ref>
Barkin lived in Flushing, New York, and attended Parsons Junior High School. She received her high school diploma at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.<ref name="NYT_20110424">Template:Cite news</ref> She then attended Hunter College and double majored in history and drama. At one point, Barkin wanted to teach ancient history. She continued her acting education at New York City's Actors Studio. According to Time, she studied acting for 10 years before landing her first audition.<ref>Corliss, Richard. "Show Business: Barkin Up the Right Tree". Time, October 23, 1989</ref>
CareerEdit
Her break-out role was in the comedy-drama film Diner (1982), written and directed by Barry Levinson,<ref name="NYT_20110424" /> for which she received favorable reviews. Barkin was cast in the drama film Tender Mercies (1983) after impressing its director Bruce Beresford during an audition in New York City, despite her inexperience and his lack of familiarity with her work. Robert Duvall, who played the lead role in Tender Mercies, said of Barkin, "She brings a real credibility to that part, plus she was young and attractive and had a certain sense of edge, a danger to her that was good for that part." She also appeared in the 1983 rock and roll drama film Eddie and the Cruisers.
Barkin later appeared in several successful films, including the thrillers The Big Easy (1987), opposite Dennis Quaid and Sea of Love (1989), opposite Al Pacino. Barkin also appeared in off-Broadway plays, including a role as one of the roommates in Extremities, about an intended rape victim played by Susan Sarandon who turns the tables on her attacker. About her performance in the play Eden Court, The New York Times critic Frank Rich summarized: "If it were really possible to give the kiss of life to a corpse, the actress Ellen Barkin would be the one to do it. In Eden Court, the moribund play that has brought her to the Promenade Theater, Miss Barkin is tantalizingly alive from her bouncing blond ponytail to the long legs that gyrate wildly and involuntarily every time an Elvis Presley record plays on stage".<ref>Rich, Frank (May 15, 1985). Stage: Ellen Barkin In 'Eden Court' Template:Webarchive. The New York Times.</ref>
Barkin has also done work in made-for-television films such as Before Women Had Wings (1997), for which she won an Emmy as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and The White River Kid (1999). She voiced the start of each Theme Time Radio Hour with host Bob Dylan on XM's Deep Tracks. In 2005, Barkin set up a film production company with her brother, George, along with her husband at the time and billionaire investor, Ronald Perelman.
Barkin appeared in her Broadway debut as Dr. Brookner in The Normal Heart, for which she won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.<ref>Gans, Andrew."The Normal Heart Begins Beating on Broadway April 19" Template:Webarchive playbill.com, April 19, 2011</ref> Barkin has received acclaim for her performance in Another Happy Day. IndieWire cited her turn as one of the best female performances of the year.<ref>Review: 'Another Happy Day' Features One Of The Year's Best Female Performances By Ellen Barkin Template:Webarchive IndieWire. November 15, 2011</ref> In 2015, she starred as Dani Kirschenbloom, in the Showtime comedy-drama series Happyish.
From 2016 through 2019, Barkin starred as Janine "Smurf" Cody, the crime family's matriarch, in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom.<ref name=deadline1201487108>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The series is based on the 2010 Australian film where Smurf was played by Jacki Weaver.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
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Barkin is the mother of two children, Jack Daniel (born 1989) and Romy Marion (born 1992), from her marriage to actor Gabriel Byrne.<ref name="NYT_20110424" /> She and Byrne separated in 1993 and divorced in 1999, but remain close.<ref name="NYT_20110424" /> Byrne attended Barkin's 2000 wedding to multibillionaire and businessman Ronald Perelman. Her second marriage ended in divorce in 2006.<ref>Geoffrey “Scotty” Gray. "Tough Love" Template:Webarchive. New York. March 19, 2006.</ref>
In 1998, Barkin had a relationship with actor Johnny Depp with whom she worked on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In October 2006, "Magnificent Jewels from the Collection of Ellen Barkin" were sold for $20,369,200 at Christie's, New York.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
FilmEdit
TelevisionEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Kent State | Student | Television movie |
| We're Fighting Back | Chris Capoletti | ||
| 1982 | Parole | Donna | |
| 1984 | Terrible Joe Moran | Ronnie | |
| 1986 | Act of Vengeance | Annette Gilly | |
| The Princess Who Had Never Laughed | Princess Henrietta | ||
| 1988 | Clinton and Nadine | Nadine Powers | Television movie Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1997 | Before Women Had Wings | Glory Marie Jackson | Television movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2001 | King of the Hill | Lenore (voice) | Episode: "Hank and the Great Glass Elevator" |
| 2012 | Modern Family | Mitzi Roth | Episode: "Send Out the Clowns" |
| 2012–2013 | The New Normal | Jane Forrest | Lead role; 22 episodes |
| 2015 | Happyish | Dani Kirschenbloom | Lead role; 9 episodes |
| 2016–2019 | Animal Kingdom | Janine "Smurf" Cody | Lead role; 46 episodes |
| 2017 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Sasha Walz | Television movie |
| 2023 | Poker Face | Kathleen Townsend | Episode: "Exit Stage Death" |
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