Elizabeth Perkins


Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is a well-known American movie, television and theater actress. She was born in Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. After finishing high school she spent three years in Chicago taking acting lessons at the famous Goodman School of Drama. Back in New York in 1984, she did her first theater performance. Thereafter she worked in several ensembles and has since then considered theater playing as a priority of her career.

As a movie actress she had her breakthrough starring with Tom Hanks in Big. She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon. Of all the films she has acted in, her biggest success so far has been however The Flintstones, starring also John Goodman, in which she plays the long-suffering Wilma Flinstone.

In 1993 Perkins made her television debut in For Their Own Good. She starred thereafter in the comedy series Battery Park and If These Walls Could Talk, and has since then played roles in television films on a regular basis.

Perkins' first husband was Terry Kinney, from whom she divorced. In 2000 she married her present husband, Julio Macat.

Perkins recently filmed the pilot episode of a new Showtime series entitled Weeds. The series is about a suburban mother (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who, upon the death of her husband, resorts to dealing marijuana to make money, while also attempting to maintain her reputation in the community. Perkins will play an upstanding member of the community whose son falls in love with Parker's daughter.

Filmography

  • Weeds (2005)
  • The Ring Two (2005)
  • Fierce People (2004)
  • Kids in America (2004)
  • Gilded Stones (2004)
  • Speak (2004)
  • Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
  • Try Seventeen (2002)
  • Cats & Dogs (2001)
  • 28 Days (2000)
  • Crazy in Alabama (1999)
  • I'm Losing You (1998)
  • Lesser Prophets (1997)
  • Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
  • The Flintstones (1994)
  • Indian Summer (1993)
  • The Doctor (1991)
  • He Said, She Said (1991)
  • Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
  • Avalon (1990)
  • Love at Large (1990)
  • Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
  • Big (1988)
  • From the Hip (1987)
  • About Last Night (1986)

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Perkins will play an upstanding member of the community whose son falls in love with Parker's daughter. Golden Globe: (nominee) The Lost Prince (2005). The series is about a suburban mother (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who, upon the death of her husband, resorts to dealing marijuana to make money, while also attempting to maintain her reputation in the community. Golden Globe: (nominee) The Big Brass Ring (2000). Perkins recently filmed the pilot episode of a new Showtime series entitled Weeds. Golden Globe: (nominee) Merlin (1999). In 2000 she married her present husband, Julio Macat. Golden Globe: (winner) Fatherland (1995).

Perkins' first husband was Terry Kinney, from whom she divorced. Golden Globe: (nominee) Tom & Viv (1995). She starred thereafter in the comedy series Battery Park and If These Walls Could Talk, and has since then played roles in television films on a regular basis. Golden Globe: (nominee) Damage (1993). In 1993 Perkins made her television debut in For Their Own Good. Golden Globe: (winner) Enchanted April (1993). Of all the films she has acted in, her biggest success so far has been however The Flintstones, starring also John Goodman, in which she plays the long-suffering Wilma Flinstone. BAFTA: (nominee) The Lost Prince (2004).

She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon. BAFTA: (nominee) A Dance to the Music of Time (1998). As a movie actress she had her breakthrough starring with Tom Hanks in Big. BAFTA: (nominee) Tom & Viv (1994). Thereafter she worked in several ensembles and has since then considered theater playing as a priority of her career. BAFTA: (nominee) The Crying Game (1993). Back in New York in 1984, she did her first theater performance. BAFTA: (winner) Damage (1993).

After finishing high school she spent three years in Chicago taking acting lessons at the famous Goodman School of Drama. BAFTA: (nominee) After Pilkington (1988). She was born in Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. Academy Award: (nominee) Tom & Viv (1995). Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is a well-known American movie, television and theater actress. Academy Award: (nominee) Damage (1993). About Last Night (1986). She resides in London with her two cats, a dog and an axolotl.

From the Hip (1987). She has also signed on to appear as Rita Skeeter, the venimous Daily Prophet journalist in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, to be released in November 2005. Big (1988). Richardson starred as Queen Rosalind of Denmark in the Julia Stiles vehicle, The Prince and Me, and as the Boxkeeper Madame Giry in the long-awaited Phantom of the Opera movie, starring Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum. Sweet Hearts Dance (1988). She refuses to discuss her private life in interviews, and takes both leading and supporting roles. Love at Large (1990). Two Academy Award nominations for Damage and Tom & Viv have not not altered the actress's modesty.

Avalon (1990). As well as a number of high profile supporting roles in the cinema, including Vanessa Bell in The Hours, Lady Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow and Toosie in The Apostle, she has also won acclaim for performances in The Crying Game and Enchanted April, winning a Golden Globe for the latter. Enid Is Sleeping (1990). Ives (1998) and Queen Mary in The Lost Prince (2003). He Said, She Said (1991). Other television roles include the bitchy Pamela Flitton in A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Miss Gilchrist in St. The Doctor (1991). Richardson is perhaps best known for her role as the naughty school girl version of Queen Elizabeth I, aka, Queenie in the cult British comedy Blackadder.

Indian Summer (1993). Her performance in that film won her much praise, and within a year, she had been cast by Steven Spielberg to appear in his Second World War drama, Empire of the Sun (1987). The Flintstones (1994). Three years later, she made her big screen debut as platinum blonde nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom in Mike Newell's critically acclaimed biographical drama, Dance with a Stranger. Miracle on 34th Street (1994). In 1981, she made her stage debut in Moving at the Queen's Theatre in London. Moonlight and Valentino (1995). After deciding not to become a vet because of her squeamishness, the young Richardson enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis.

Lesser Prophets (1997). Born to a middle-class family, Richardson showed a desire to step into the character she was playing, indicating that she would go on to be thought of as one of Britain's best, if sorely underrated, actresses. I'm Losing You (1998). British actress Miranda Richardson was born on 3 March 1958, in Southport, Lancashire, the second daughter of William and Marian Richardson. Crazy in Alabama (1999). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Rita Skeeter. 28 Days (2000). The Phantom of the Opera (2004) Madame Giry.

Cats & Dogs (2001). Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) Eva Braun. Try Seventeen (2002). The Prince and Me (2004) Queen Rosalind. Finding Nemo (2003). The Lost Prince (2003) (TV) Queen Mary. Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004). The Hours (2001) Vanessa Bell.

Speak (2004). Chicken Run (2000) Mrs Tweedy. Gilded Stones (2004). Get Carter (2000) Gloria Carter. Kids in America (2004). Sleepy Hollow (1999) Lady Mary Van Tassel. Fierce People (2004). The Big Brass Ring (1999) Dinah Pellarin.

The Ring Two (2005). St. Ives (1998) Miss Gilchrist. Weeds (2005). The Apostle (1997) Toosie. Saint-Ex (1997) Consuelo. The Designated Mourner (1997) Judy.

Kansas City (1996) Carolyn Stilton. The Evening Star (1996) Patsy Carpenter. The Night and the Moment (1994) Julie. Fatherland (1994) Charlie Maguire.

Tom & Viv (1994) Vivienne Haigh-Wood. Century (1993) Clara. Enchanted April (1992) Ruth Arbuthnot. Damage (1992) Ingrid Fleming.

The Crying Game (1992) Jude O'Hara. Old Times (1990) Anna. Twisted Obsession (1990) Marilyn. The Fool (1990) Columbine/Rosalind/Ophelia.

The Bachelor (1990) Frederica. Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage (1989) Early Bird. Empire of the Sun (1987) Mrs Victor. Eat the Rich (1987) DHSS Blonde.

The Death of the Heart (1986) Daphne Heccomb. After Pilkington (1986) Penny. Blackadder (1985) (TV) Queen Elizabeth I. The Innocent (1985) Mary Turner.

Underworld (1985) Oriel. Dance with a Stranger (1985) Ruth Ellis.