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Ellen Barkin
Ellen Rona Barkin 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.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1954) · stage actor · film actor · television actor · film producer · actor · also Ellen Barkin, Ellen Rona Barkin, Barkin
Born 16 April 1954 · Q229234
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Starred as Dani Kirschenbloom, in the Showtime comedy-drama series Happyish
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Theatre World Award (2011).
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (2011).
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Received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway theatre debut in The Normal Heart
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2006· 1 entry
In October 2006, "Magnificent Jewels from the Collection of Ellen Barkin" were sold for $20,369,200 at Christie's, New York, following her divorce from billionaire Ronald Perelman.
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2005· 1 entry
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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1998· 4 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series (1998).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Before Women Had Wings (1998).
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Barkin received a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the television film Before Women Had Wings
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Barkin had a relationship with actor Johnny Depp with whom she worked on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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1991· 1 entry
For her leading role in the film Switch, Barkin received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress
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1954· 2 entries
Born 1954-04-16.
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In the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Evelyn (née Rozin), a hospital administrator who worked at Jamaica Hospital, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman
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