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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 16, 1954
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Ellen Rona Barkin
- الن بارکین
Ellen Barkin
2.7 Popularity
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
6.0
Lilly McDermott
The Out-Laws
2023
7.5
Kathleen Townsend
Poker Face
2023
6.4
The Handler
The Man from Toronto
2022
5.9
Debbie
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
0.0
Lucy
Active Adults
2017
6.6
Stephanie Arcel
Hands of Stone
2016
7.7
Janine "Smurf" Cody
Animal Kingdom
2016
6.7
Dani Kirschenbloom
HAPPYish
2015
5.9
Elaine Greenawalt
The Cobbler
2014
5.8
Norma Berger
Very Good Girls
2013
Credits
The Out-Laws
as Lilly McDermott
2023
6.0
Poker Face
as Kathleen Townsend
2023
7.5
The Man from Toronto
as The Handler
2022
6.4
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Debbie
2021
5.9
Active Adults
as Lucy
2017
0.0
Hands of Stone
as Stephanie Arcel
2016
6.6
Animal Kingdom
as Janine "Smurf" Cody
2016
7.7
HAPPYish
as Dani Kirschenbloom
2015
6.7
The Cobbler
as Elaine Greenawalt
2014
5.9
Very Good Girls
as Norma Berger
2013
5.8
The New Normal
as Jane Forrest
2012
6.0
Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne
as Self
2012
6.5
Another Happy Day
as Lynn
2011
5.5
His Way
as Self
2011
6.4
Twelve
as Jessica's Mother
2010
5.7
Operation: Endgame
as Empress
2010
5.0
The Chameleon
as Kimberly Miller
2010
5.3
Shit Year
as Colleen West
2010
4.7
Brooklyn's Finest
as Agent Smith
2010
6.3
Happy Tears
as Shelly
2009
5.0
Modern Family
as Mitzi Roth
2009
7.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Ocean's Thirteen
as Abigail Sponder
2007
6.7
Trust the Man
as Norah
2005
5.1
Palindromes
as Joyce Victor
2005
6.2
She Hate Me
as Margo Chadwick
2004
5.1
Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
2003
6.5
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
as Self
2002
8.4
Someone Like You...
as Diane Roberts
2001
5.9
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
as Maggie Skolnick
2000
5.7
Mercy
as Det. Catherine Palmer
2000
5.1
Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Annette Atkins
1999
6.4
Diner: On The Flip Side
as Self
1999
0.0
The White River Kid
as Eva Nell La Fangroy
1999
4.7
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Waitress at North Star Cafe
1998
7.2
Before Women Had Wings
as Glory Marie Jackson
1997
6.0
King of the Hill
as Lenore (voice)
1997
7.4
Mad Dog Time
as Rita Everly
1996
5.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Fan
as Jewel Stern
1996
6.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
Wild Bill
as Calamity Jane
1995
5.7
Bad Company
as Margaret Wells
1995
4.9
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
This Boy's Life
as Caroline Wolff Hansen
1993
7.1
Into the West
as Kathleen
1992
6.4
Mac
as Oona Goldfarb
1992
5.5
Man Trouble
as Joan Spruance
1992
4.9
Switch
as Amanda Brooks
1991
5.9
Sea of Love
as Helen Cruger
1989
6.6
Johnny Handsome
as Sunny Boyd
1989
6.3
Clinton and Nadine
as Nadine Powers
1988
3.4
Siesta
as Claire
1987
5.1
Made in Heaven
as Lucille (uncredited)
1987
6.5
The Big Easy
as Anne Osborne
1986
6.2
Down by Law
as Laurette
1986
7.3
Act of Vengeance
as Annette Gilly
1986
5.6
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
as Princess Henrietta
1986
0.0
Desert Bloom
as Aunt Starr
1986
5.5
Terminal Choice
as Mary O'Connor
1985
3.4
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as Penny Priddy
1984
6.0
Terrible Joe Moran
as Ronnie
1984
0.0
Harry & Son
as Katie Wilowski
1984
5.8
Eddie and the Cruisers
as Maggie Foley
1983
6.6
Daniel
as Phyllis Isaacson
1983
6.6
Tender Mercies
as Sue Anne
1983
6.7
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Virginia
1983
3.8
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Princess Henrietta
1982
8.1
Parole
as Donna
1982
0.0
Diner
as Beth Schreiber
1982
6.8
We're Fighting Back
as Chris Capoletti
1981
6.0
Kent State
as Student (uncredited)
1981
6.0
Up in Smoke
as Woman Playing Guitar (uncredited)
1978
6.6
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0