Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin
Born on April 16th, 1954
From New York, New York, USA

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Filmography

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Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
Actor
as Smith
Happy Tears (2010)
Actor
as Shelly
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Actor
as Abigail Sponder
Palindromes (2005)
Actor
as Joyce Victor

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Before Women Had Wings

A black woman (Oprah Winfrey) helps a white girl (Tina Majorino) cope with her father's suicide and escape her alcoholic mother's (Ellen Barkin) abuse.

Emmy (Primetime) (1998)

Won

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Golden Globe (1998)

Nominated

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

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Steve Brooks (Perry King), a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil (Bruce Martyn Payne). But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks (Ellen Barkin).

Golden Globe (1992)

Nominated

Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy