Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on April 16, 1954, blond bombshell Ellen Barkin earned her acting stripes in off-Broadway theater before scoring her first on-camera role in the soap opera "Search for Tomorrow."But it was her husky voice and smoldering good looks that earned her attention as one of the hottest screen sirens of the 1980s, starring opposite leading men such as Dennis Quaid, Gabriel Byrne (who would later become her husband) and Al Pacino in films including The Big Easy (1987), Siesta (1987) and Sea of Love (1989).
After a standout dramatic role opposite Robert De Niro in This Boy's Life (1993), Barkin turned her attention back to television, a strategy that earned her an Emmy Award for her role as an embittered alcoholic in the Oprah Winfrey-produced made-for-television movie Before Women Had Wings (1997).
Another Happy DayUpper-crust family dysfunction takes center stage in this drama, which stars Ellen Barkin as a divorcée attending the highbrow wedding of the son she barely knows and trying to hold her own against a family that couches judgment in every smile. Read More
The Big EasyThe Big Easy's shady boudoirs have rarely appeared steamier on the silver screen than in this 1987 homage to classic film noirs of the 1930s and '40s. When New Orleans police detective Remy McSwain (Dennis Quaid) is assigned to investigate a series of mob-related slayings, he's forced into regular... Read More
Eddie and the Cruisers I & IIMichael Paré stars as Eddie Wilson of the rock band Eddie and Cruisers in this pair of dramas from the 1980s. In the first film, the band is at the height of their career in the 1960s when front man Eddie drives his car off a bridge in an apparent suicide -- but the body was never found. Twenty... Read More
Wild BillIn old age, James Hickock (Jeff Bridges) reflects on the events that transformed him into the Western legend Wild Bill. Reliving his life, he remembers those (including John Hurt and Ellen Barkin) who helped him become one of the most famous gunmen in the Old West -- but he can never live up to his... Read More
Sea of LoveLonely, burnt-out NYPD detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino, in a Golden Globe-nominated performance) is on the hunt for a serial killer who uses personal ads to attract potential victims in director Harold Becker's taut, suspenseful thriller. Unfortunately, Frank falls hard for Helen (Ellen Barkin),... Read More
Another Happy Day (2011) | R | |
His Way (2011) | NR | |
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Sh*t Year (2010) | NR | |
Brooklyn's Finest (2009) | R | |
Happy Tears (2009) | R | |
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) | PG-13 | |
Trust the Man (2005) | R | |
Palindromes (2005) | NR | |
She Hate Me (2004) | R | |
Strip Search (2004) | NR | |
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Mercy (2000) | R | |
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The White River Kid (1999) | R | |
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The Fan (1996) | R | |
Mad Dog Time (1996) | R | |
Wild Bill (1995) | R | |
Bad Company (1995) | R | |
This Boy's Life (1993) | R | |
Mac (1993) | R | |
Into the West (1992) | PG | |
Man Trouble (1992) | PG-13 | |
Switch (1991) | R | |
Sea of Love (1989) | R | |
Johnny Handsome (1989) | R | |
NR | ||
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The Big Easy (1986) | R | |
Desert Bloom (1986) | PG | |
PG | ||
Tender Mercies (1983) | PG | |
NR | ||
Daniel (1983) | R | |
Diner (1982) | R | |
R | ||
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