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Ellen Barkin
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 Ellen Barkin at the Cannes Festival 2007 |
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| Birth name | Ellen Rona Barkin |
| Born | April 16, 1954 Bronx, New York, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Ron Perelman (2000-2006) (divorced) Gabriel Byrne (1988-1999) (divorced) |
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress.
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Barkin was born in the Bronx, New York, to a chemical salesman and a hospital administrator at Jamaica Hospital, and raised in a Jewish home.
Barkin received her high school diploma at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. 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's Actor's Studio. According to Time, she studied acting for seven years before landing her first audition.[1]
Barkin became a notable actress in the 1980s. Her break out role was in Barry Levinson's Diner (1982), where she received favorable reviews in the media.
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."[2]
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. She is currently suing Perelman for $3.4 million in investment funds he reportedly promised to invest, but has yet to deliver.[3]
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.
Barkin has a brother, George, who was formerly the editor in chief of National Lampoon and High Times.
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.[4]
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).
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- ^ Corliss, Richard. Time, October 23, 1989
- ^ Rich, Frank. New York Time, theatre review, May 15, 1985.
- ^ New York Post Ellen sues ex husband for more money, August 3, 2007
- ^ New York Magazine. Metro section.
- Ellen Barkin at the Internet Movie Database
- Ellen Barkin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Television schedule for Ms. Barkin
- Boxoffice data for Ms. Barkin