Ellen Barkin Profile
Ellen Barkin
Barkin at the Ocean's Thirteen premiere, 2007
Born Ellen Rona Barkin April 16, 1954 (1954-04-16) (age 53) Bronx, New York, USA
Spouse(s) Gabriel Byrne (1988-1999) Ron Perelman (2000-2006)
Awards won
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 1998 Before Women Had Wings
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress.
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life
2 Awards 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links
Biography
Early life Barkin was born in the Bronx, New York, to a chemical salesman father and a hospital administrator mother who worked at Jamaica Hospital.
Career Barkin became a notable actress in the 1980s. Her break out role was in Barry Levinson's Diner (1982), for which she received favorable reviews. Barkin would later appear in several successful films, including the thrillers Sea of Love, opposite Al Pacino (1989), and The Big Easy (1987), opposite Dennis Quaid. Barkin also appeared in off-Broadway plays. New York Times critic Frank Rich summarized her performance in the play, Eden Court, saying: "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". Barkin has also done work in made-for-television films like Before Women Had Wings (1987) 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 ex-husband and billionaire investor, Ronald Perelman.
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 (born 1989) and Romy Marion (born 1992), from her first marriage to actor Gabriel Byrne. The two separated in 1993 and divorced in 1999. In 2000, Barkin married businessman Ronald Perelman; however, according to New York Magazine, the marriage ended in a messy divorce in 2006 with Barkin receiving $40 million.
Awards Emmy Award Wins
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie: Before Women Had Wings (1997).
Other Wins
Golden Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Before Women Had Wings (1997). Sant Jordi Awards (Barcelona, Spain): Best Foreign Actress: The Big Easy (1987).
Golden Globes Nominations
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical: Switch (1991). Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV: Before Women Had Wings (1997).
Filmography
Diner (1982) Tender Mercies (1983) Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) Down by Law (1986) The Big Easy (1987) Siesta (1987) Sea of Love (1989) Johnny Handsome (1990) Switch (1991) Into the West (1992)
This Boy's Life (1993) Bad Company (1995) The Fan (1996) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) Mercy (2000) Someone Like You (2001) She Hate Me (2004) Palindromes (2004) Trust the Man (2006) Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Greta (2009)
References
^ Hoffman, Jan. The New York Times, film article, "Ellen Barkin: Is She Difficult Or Just Straight Outta Queens?," April 4, 1993. Last accessed: March 29, 2008.
External links
Ellen Barkin at the Internet Movie Database. Ellen Barkin at Allmovie. Ellen Barkin at the Internet Broadway Database Television schedule for Ms. Barkin Boxoffice data for Ms. Barkin
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