Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
Born: 1948-02-28 in Queens, New York, USA
Biography
Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her most acclaimed film role was in The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an American Comedy Award, a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe. Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Her other film credits include Big (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Last Action Hero (1993), Roseanna's Grave (1997), and Hustlers (2019). She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in HBO's Entourage.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucia Barba
NCIS
Marie Quinn
Law & Order
Zina Rybakov
Law & Order
Clara Lloyd
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Frasier
Kate Costas
Psych
Detective Goochberg
Entourage
Rita Chase
2 Broke Girls
Olga
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
New Amsterdam
Grace
The Cosby Show
Bernadette Foley
Bull
Judge Tessa Hudson
Bull
Judge Hudson
Kate & Allie
ABC Afterschool Special
Sandy
Life in Pieces
Mia
The Oscars
Self
The Mysteries of Laura
Val Santiani
Accused
Connie
Big
Mrs. Baskin
Last Action Hero
Irene Madigan
Hustlers
Mother
The Warriors
Policewoman
Monday Mornings
Judge Beverly Natheson
The Fisher King
Anne
Gia
Kathleen Carangi
The Secret of My Success
Sheila
Another You
Elaine
84 Charing Cross Road
Kay
Radio Days
Ad Man
Married to the Mob
Connie Russo
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Minus Man
Jane
Heartburn
Eve
Crazy People
Dr. Liz Baylor
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
American girl in casino
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rebecca
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Lael Rubin
Bad Apple
Lorraine Gibbons