Ellen Barkin
Acting • Born 1954-04-16
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).
Filmography
76 credits
Ocean's Thirteen
Movie • 2007
Abigail Sponder
Johnny Handsome
Movie • 1989
Sunny Boyd
Down by Law
Movie • 1986
Laurette
Switch
Movie • 1991
Amanda Brooks
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Movie • 1998
Waitress at North Star Cafe
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Movie • 1999
Annette Atkins
Mercy
Movie • 2000
Det. Catherine Palmer
She Hate Me
Movie • 2004
Margo Chadwick
The Big Easy
Movie • 1986
Anne Osborne
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Movie • 1984
Penny Priddy
Eddie and the Cruisers
Movie • 1983
Maggie Foley
This Boy's Life
Movie • 1993
Caroline Wolff Hansen
Brooklyn's Finest
Movie • 2010
Agent Smith
Into the West
Movie • 1992
Kathleen
Made in Heaven
Movie • 1987
Lucille (uncredited)
The Fan
Movie • 1996
Jewel Stern
Someone Like You...
Movie • 2001
Diane Roberts
Palindromes
Movie • 2005
Joyce Victor
Bad Company
Movie • 1995
Margaret Wells
Diner
Movie • 1982
Beth Schreiber
Twelve
Movie • 2010
Jessica's Mother
Operation: Endgame
Movie • 2010
Empress
Tender Mercies
Movie • 1983
Sue Anne
Siesta
Movie • 1987
Claire
Another Happy Day
Movie • 2011
Lynn
His Way
Movie • 2011
Self
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Movie • 2000
Maggie Skolnick
Happy Tears
Movie • 2009
Shelly
Mad Dog Time
Movie • 1996
Rita Everly
The Out-Laws
Movie • 2023
Lilly McDermott
The White River Kid
Movie • 1999
Eva Nell La Fangroy
Wild Bill
Movie • 1995
Calamity Jane
Man Trouble
Movie • 1992
Joan Spruance
Very Good Girls
Movie • 2013
Norma Berger
Harry & Son
Movie • 1984
Katie Wilowski
Daniel
Movie • 1983
Phyllis Isaacson
The Chameleon
Movie • 2010
Kimberly Miller
Clinton and Nadine
Movie • 1988
Nadine Powers
Desert Bloom
Movie • 1986
Aunt Starr
Shit Year
Movie • 2010
Colleen West
Before Women Had Wings
Movie • 1997
Glory Marie Jackson
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Movie • 1983
Virginia
Terminal Choice
Movie • 1985
Mary O'Connor
The Man from Toronto
Movie • 2022
The Handler
Diner: On The Flip Side
Movie • 1999
Self
Parole
Movie • 1982
Donna
The Cobbler
Movie • 2014
Elaine Greenawalt
Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne
Movie • 2012
Self
Hands of Stone
Movie • 2016
Stephanie Arcel
Act of Vengeance
Movie • 1986
Annette Gilly
Terrible Joe Moran
Movie • 1984
Ronnie
Kent State
Movie • 1981
Student (uncredited)
Active Adults
Movie • 2017
Lucy
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Movie • 1986
Princess Henrietta
Trust the Man
Movie • 2005
Norah
We're Fighting Back
Movie • 1981
Chris Capoletti
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Movie • 2002
Self
Sea of Love
Movie • 1989
Helen Cruger
Mac
Movie • 1992
Oona Goldfarb
Breaking News in Yuba County
Movie • 2021
Debbie
Up in Smoke
Movie • 1978
Woman Playing Guitar (uncredited)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Movie • 2017
Sasha Walz
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Lenore (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The New Normal
TV • 2012
Jane Forrest
HAPPYish
TV • 2015
Dani Kirschenbloom
Animal Kingdom
TV • 2016
Janine "Smurf" Cody
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Princess Henrietta
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Mitzi Roth
Comedy Central Roasts
TV • 2003
Self
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Kathleen Townsend