Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin

Barkin at the Ocean's Thirteen premiere, 2007
Born Ellen Rona Barkin
(1954-04-16) April 16, 1954
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Alma mater Hunter College
Occupation Actress
Years active 1978–present
Spouse(s) Gabriel Byrne (1988–1999; divorced)
Ronald O. Perelman (2000–2006; divorced)
Children 2 (with Byrne)

Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954)[1] is an American actress and film producer. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 comedy-drama film Diner, and the following years she had starring roles in films include Tender Mercies (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), and The Big Easy (1987).

In 1989, Barkin received positive reviews for her roles in films Johnny Handsome and Sea of Love. In 1991, for her leading role in comedy film Switch, Barkin received Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Her following films credits include Man Trouble (1992), This Boy's Life (1993), Bad Company (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).

In 1997, Barkin won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her performance in the television film Before Women Had Wings. In 2011, she received Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut performance in The Normal Heart. In 2016, Barkin began playing the leading role as Janine "Smurf" Cody in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom.

Early life

Barkin was born in The Bronx, New York,[1] the daughter of Evelyn (née Rozin), a hospital administrator who worked at Jamaica Hospital, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman.[2][3][4] Barkin was raised in a lower-middle-class Jewish family,[5][6] a descendant of immigrants from Siberia and the Belarusian-Polish border.[7]

Barkin received her high school diploma at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.[1] 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 ten years before landing her first audition.[8]

Career

Ellen Barkin and Kate Bosworth at the Deauville American film festival in 2011

Her break-out role was in the comedy-drama film Diner (1982), written and directed by Barry Levinson,[1] 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."[9] She also appeared in the 1983 rock & 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".[10]

Barkin has also done work in made-for-television films like 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). Currently, she voices 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.[11] 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.[12] In 2015, she starred as Dani Kirschenbloom, in the Showtime comedy-drama series Happyish.

In 2016, Barkin began starring as Janine "Smurf" Cody, the crime family's matriarch, in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom.[13] The series based on thr 2010 Australian film then Smurf was played by Jacki Weaver.[14][15]

Personal life

Barkin has a brother, George, who was formerly the editor-in-chief of National Lampoon and High Times. Barkin is the mother of two children, Jack Daniel (born 1989) and Romy Marion (born 1992), from her first marriage, to actor Gabriel Byrne.[1] The two separated in 1993 and divorced in 1999, but are still close;[1] Byrne even attended Barkin's 2000 wedding to multi-billionaire and businessman Ronald Perelman.[16] According to New York magazine, that marriage ended in a messy divorce in 2006 with Barkin receiving "not one penny more" than $20 million, according to a friend of hers.[17] In 2007, Barkin sued Perelman for $3.4 million in investment funds he allegedly promised to invest in their film production company.[18] He was ordered to pay her $4.3 million. She dated director/writer Sam Levinson in 2011.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Up in Smoke Woman playing guitar Uncredited
1981 Kent State Student Television movie
1981 We're Fighting Back Chris Capoletti Television movie
1982 Diner Beth Schreiber
1982 Parole Donna Television movie
1983 Tender Mercies Sue Ann
1983 Daniel Phyllis Isaacson
1983 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Virginia
1983 Eddie and the Cruisers Maggie Foley
1984 Harry & Son Kate Wilowski
1984 Terrible Joe Moran Ronnie Television movie
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Penny Priddy
1985 Terminal Choice Mary O'Connor
1986 Desert Bloom Aunt Starr
1986 Act of Vengeance Annette Gilly
1986 Down by Law Laurette
1986 The Princess Who Had Never Laughed Princess Henrietta Television movie
1987 The Big Easy Anne Osborne
1987 Made in Heaven Lucille Uncredited
1987 Siesta Claire
1988 Clinton and Nadine Nadine Powers Television movie
Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1989 Johnny Handsome Sunny Boyd Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
1989 Sea of Love Helen Cruger Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
1991 Switch Amanda Brooks Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1992 Mac Oona Goldfarb
1992 Man Trouble Joan Pruance
1992 Into the West Kathleen
1993 This Boy's Life Caroline Wolff Hansen
1995 Bad Company Margaret Wells
1995 Wild Bill Calamity Jane
1996 The Fan Jewel Stern Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Adventure/Drama
1996 Mad Dog Time Rita Everly
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
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Waitress at North Star Cafe
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous Annette Atkins
1999 The White River Kid Eva Nell La Fangory
2000 Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Maggie Skolnick
2000 Mercy Det. Cathy Palmer
2001 Someone Like You Diane Roberts
2004 She Hate Me Margo Chadwick
2004 Palindromes Joyce Victor
2005 Trust the Man Norah
2007 Ocean's Thirteen Abigail Sponder
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Agent Smith
2009 Happy Tears Shelly
2010 Operation: Endgame Empress
2010 Twelve Jessica's mother
2010 The Chameleon Kimberly Miller
2010 Shit Year Colleen West
2011 Another Happy Day Lynn
2014 Very Good Girls Norma Berger
2014 The Cobbler Elaine Greenawalt
2016 Hands of Stone Stephanie Arcel
2016 Active Adults Lucy

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 King of the Hill Lenore Episode: "Hank and the Great Glass Elevator"
2012 Modern Family Mitzy Roth Episode: "Send Out the Clowns"
2012–2013 The New Normal Jane Forrest 22 episodes
2015 Happyish Dani Kirschenbloom 9 episodes
2016 Animal Kingdom Janine "Smurf" Cody Lead role

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Witchel, Alex (April 22, 2011). "Ellen Barkin Is No Uptown Girl". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2011. Barkin, who turned 57 on April 16...
  2. ↑ Hoffman, Jan (April 4, 1993). "Film; Ellen Barkin: Is She Difficult Or Just Straight Outta Queens?". The New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
  3. ↑ Gottlieb, Jeff. "The Kew Gardens Hills Five" (PDF). Central Queens Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  4. ↑ "He Doesn't Play a Doctor on TV – But Give Him Time". The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. May 27, 2001. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  5. ↑ Kempley, Rita (August 28, 1987). "The Big Time of Ellen Barkin; Acclaimed as an Actress, She's Now Shooting Toward Stardom". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2008.
  6. ↑ New York Times (2012-09-25). "Ellen Barkin on her 'New Normal' role". SFGate. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  7. ↑ Carl Reiner. Interview by Carl Reiner. June 1, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2008. Archived December 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Corliss, Richard. "Show Business: Barkin Up the Right Tree". Time, October 23, 1989
  9. ↑ Bruce Beresford (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), Gary Hertz (director) (April 16, 2002). Miracles & Mercies (Documentary). West Hollywood, California: Blue Underground. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
  10. ↑ Rich, Frank (May 15, 1985). Stage: Ellen Barkin In 'Eden Court'. The New York Times.
  11. ↑ Gans, Andrew."The Normal Heart Begins Beating on Broadway April 19" playbill.com, April 19, 2011
  12. ↑ Review: 'Another Happy Day' Features One Of The Year's Best Female Performances By Ellen Barkin IndieWire. 15 November 2011
  13. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (July 29, 2015). "Ellen Barkin & Scott Speedman To Star In John Wells’ TNT Pilot ‘Animal Kingdom’". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Seth Kelley. "‘Animal Kingdom’: Ellen Barkin & Others Talk TNT Drama at Tribeca - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Tribeca Film Festival 2016: Ellen Barkin talks Animal Kingdom - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN - 3 July 2000". IMDb. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  17. ↑ Geoffrey Gray. "Tough Love". New York. March 19, 2006.
  18. ↑ Richard Johnson; Paula Froelich; Bill Hoffmann; Corynne Steindler "Ellen Wants More From Ron" New York Post, August 3, 2007
  19. ↑ Ocean's Thirteen star Ellen Barkin moves in with her boyfriend... 31 years her junior. Daily Mail online, 3 June 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

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