Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin | |
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 Barkin at the Ocean's Thirteen premiere, 2007 | |
| Born | Ellen Rona Barkin April 16, 1954 |
| 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, known for her roles in the films Buckaroo Banzai, The Big Easy, Sea of Love and Switch. She won an Emmy Award in 1997, for Before Women Had Wings and a Tony Award in 2011, for The Normal Heart.
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
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] She currently plays the character of Dani Kirschenbloom, in the Showtime series Happyish.
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.[13] 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.[14] In 2007, Barkin sued Perelman for $3.4 million in investment funds he allegedly promised to invest in their film production company.[15] He was ordered to pay her $4.3 million. She dated director/writer Sam Levinson in 2011.[16]
Filmography
Film
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 |
See also
- List of American film actresses
- List of Hunter College people
- List of Jewish American entertainers
- List of people from The Bronx
References
- ^ a b c d e f 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...
- ^ Hoffman, Jan (April 4, 1993). ["Film; Ellen Barkin: Is She Difficult Or Just Straight Outta Queens?". The New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ Gottlieb, Jeff. "The Kew Gardens Hills Five" (PDF). Central Queens Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ New York Times (2012-09-25). "Ellen Barkin on her 'New Normal' role". SFGate. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
- ^ Carl Reiner. Interview by Carl Reiner. June 1, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Corliss, Richard. "Show Business: Barkin Up the Right Tree". Time, October 23, 1989
- ^ Bruce Beresford (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), Gary Hertz (director) (April 16, 2002). Miracles & Mercies (Documentary). West Hollywood, California: Blue Underground. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
- ^ Rich, Frank (May 15, 1985). Stage: Ellen Barkin In 'Eden Court'. The New York Times.
- ^ Gans, Andrew."The Normal Heart Begins Beating on Broadway April 19" playbill.com, April 19, 2011
- ^ Review: 'Another Happy Day' Features One Of The Year's Best Female Performances By Ellen Barkin IndieWire. 15 November 2011
- ^ Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN - 3 July 2000
- ^ Geoffrey Gray. "Tough Love". New York. March 19, 2006.
- ^ Richard Johnson; Paula Froelich; Bill Hoffmann; Corynne Steindler "Ellen Wants More From Ron" New York Post, August 3, 2007
- ^ 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.
External links
- Ellen Barkin at AllMovie
- Ellen Barkin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ellen Barkin at IMDb
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- Boxoffice data for Barkin
- Ellen Barkin at Emmys.com
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