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Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Burstyn is one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1932) · actor · character actor · stage actor · television actor · film actor · model · dancer · also Ellen Burstyn, Edna Rae Gillooly, Burstyn
Born 7 December 1932 · Q211144
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2026· 4 entries
RTÉ Ireland: Ellen Burstyn, 93, to be honoured by Venice Film Festival
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AOL: '70s Icon Ellen Burstyn Shares Her Secret to Longevity: 'That's How You Get to Be 93 and Still Kicking’
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Yahoo: Ellen Burstyn Says a Producer Barred Her from Maya Angelou's Trailer on “How to Make an American Quilt ”Set
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2025· 1 entry
The New York Times: Ellen Burstyn
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2024· 2 entries
The Hollywood Reporter: Ellen Burstyn Honored With Liberatum’s Pioneer Award in Venice
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Burstyn was featured in filmmaker John Larkin's Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist documentary, where she discussed her time working on the original film and her spiritual beliefs
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: The Exorcist: Believer review – Ellen Burstyn returns for schlocky sequel
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2021· 3 entries
The Guardian: The Exorcist: Ellen Burstyn to reprise role in new $400m trilogy
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The Guardian: Cinema legend Ellen Burstyn: 'It was never my intention to be a movie star'
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Played the role of Bernadette Stabler in Law & Order: Organized Crime and then portrayed Sara Roosevelt in the series The First Lady
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2020· 1 entry
Burstyn appeared in Kornél Mundruczó's drama Pieces of a Woman to great acclaim
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2019· 2 entries
Burstyn played musicologist Katherine Brandt in an acclaimed Australian production of Moisés Kaufman's play 33 Variations at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre
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Appeared in the drama film American Woman and the space drama Lucy in the Sky; both films were met with mixed reviews
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: Ellen Burstyn: 'Women on screen were prostitutes or victims – I wanted to embody a hero'
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2016· 1 entry
Burstyn guest starred in five episodes of the critically acclaimed political thriller House of Cards
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2015· 1 entry
Burstyn played Flemming, the daughter of Blake Lively's immortal character in the romantic fantasy film The Age of Adaline
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2014· 3 entries
Also starred in a thriller, The Calling, and the television film Flowers in the Attic
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Burstyn made a guest appearance in five episodes of Louis C
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Burstyn indicated she was working on directing a feature film, Bathing Flo
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2013· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Political Animals (2013).
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Was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work on stage
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Was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage
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2012· 1 entry
Joined the cast of Political Animals, a television series about the life of a divorced former First Lady, serving as Secretary of State
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009).
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Awarded Genie Awards for The Stone Angel (2009).
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Burstyn won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of the bipolar estranged mother of Detective Elliot Stabler on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series (2008).
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2006· 3 entries
To mixed reviews and under-performed at the box office
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Burstyn appeared in the epic drama The Fountain, her second collaboration with Darren Aronofsky
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Burstyn was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the role of Former Tarnower Steady in HBO's Mrs
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture (2001).
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Awarded Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress (2001).
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2000· 4 entries
Awarded Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress (2000).
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Awarded Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress (2000).
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Awarded Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (2000).
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Awarded Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Director Darren Aronofsky offered Burstyn the role of Sara Goldfarb in the psychological drama Requiem for a Dream (2000)
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1998· 2 entries
The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"
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Burstyn appeared in Playing by Heart, with co-stars including Sean Connery and Angelina Jolie, a story of eleven ordinary people in Los Angeles who are connected in different ways
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Michigan Women's Hall of Fame (1997).
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Was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
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1995· 1 entry
Burstyn portrayed Judith in the comedy-drama Roommates (1995)
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1990· 1 entry
Burstyn won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Berlinale Camera (1988).
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Then participated again as a member of the jury for the 38th Berlin International Film Festival
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1987· 1 entry
Appeared in Hanna's War (1987), and the television movies Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam and Look Away
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1986· 1 entry
Burstyn starred in an ABC television sitcom, The Ellen Burstyn Show, with co-stars Megan Mullally as her daughter and Elaine Stritch as her mother
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1982· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Actors Equity Association (1982–1985).
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1981· 2 entries
Burstyn recorded "The Ballad of the Nazi Soldier's Wife" for Ben Bagley's album Kurt Weill Revisited, Vol
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Starred in the biographical television film The People vs
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1979· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (1979).
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1978· 2 entries
By jumping from the window of his ninth-floor Manhattan apartment
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Burstyn starred in Same Time, Next Year opposite Alan Alda, a romantic-comedy about two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year for two decades
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1977· 1 entry
Served as a member of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (1976).
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1975· 5 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1975).
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1975).
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Won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in the comedy Same Time, Next Year, a role she reprised in a film adaptation in 1978
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Became a graduate of the first group of participants in the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women
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For her performance in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore; in the same year, she won the Tony Award for Same Time, Next Year (she would reprise her role in the film version in 1978)
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1972· 2 entries
With Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, and Scatman Crothers
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Burstyn sought the lead role of Chris MacNeil in the supernatural horror film The Exorcist (1973)
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1971· 2 entries
Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (1971).
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Awarded National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (1971).
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1970· 1 entry
Appeared uncredited in the Joseph Strick adaptation of Henry Miller's controversial novel Tropic of Cancer
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1964· 1 entry
Married actor Neil Nephew, who later changed his name to Neil Burstyn
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1957· 2 entries
Before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975)
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And joined Lee Strasberg's The Actors Studio in New York City in 1967
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1932· 2 entries
In Detroit, the daughter of Correine Marie (née Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly
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Born 1932-12-07.
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