Ellen Rona Barkin was born on April 16,1954 and is an American actress.
20 Facts About Ellen Barkin
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In 1991, for her leading role in the film Switch, Barkin received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
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In 1998, Ellen Barkin received a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the television film Before Women Had Wings.
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Ellen Barkin was born in The Bronx, New York, the daughter of Evelyn, a hospital administrator who worked at Jamaica Hospital, and Sol Ellen Barkin, a chemical salesman.
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Ellen Barkin lived in Flushing, New York, and attended Parsons Junior High School.
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Ellen Barkin received her high-school diploma at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.
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Ellen Barkin then attended Hunter College and double majored in history and drama.
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Ellen Barkin continued her acting education at New York City's Actors Studio.
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Ellen Barkin was cast in the drama film Tender Mercies after impressing its director Bruce Beresford during an audition in New York City, despite her inexperience and his lack of familiarity with her work.
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Ellen Barkin later appeared in several successful films, including the thrillers The Big Easy, opposite Dennis Quaid and Sea of Love, opposite Al Pacino.
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Ellen Barkin has done work in made-for-television films such as Before Women Had Wings, for which she won an Emmy as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and The White River Kid.
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Ellen Barkin voiced the start of each Theme Time Radio Hour with host Bob Dylan on XM's Deep Tracks.
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In 2005, Ellen Barkin set up a film production company with her brother, George, along with her husband at the time and billionaire investor, Ronald Perelman.
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Ellen 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.
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Ellen Barkin has received acclaim for her performance in Another Happy Day.
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From 2016 through 2019, Ellen Barkin starred as Janine "Smurf" Cody, the crime family's matriarch, in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom.
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Ellen Barkin was the third party in the 1985 breakup of Eric Roberts and Sandy Dennis.
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In 1998, Ellen Barkin had a relationship with actor Johnny Depp whom she worked with on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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In October 2006, "Magnificent Jewels from the Collection of Ellen Barkin" were sold for $20,369,200 at Christie's, New York.
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Ellen Barkin has a brother, George, who was formerly the editor-in-chief of National Lampoon and High Times.