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Ellen Barkin is one of the most respected, versatile actresses on the screen; she is equally at home playing supporting roles, character roles, and leads -- even as true stardom eluded her. Prior to becoming an actress, Barkin attended the renowned High School for the Performing Arts in New York, studied history and Drama at Hunter College, and attended workshops at The Actors Studio. Barkin debuted on-stage in 1980's Irish Coffee and continued her theater work while appearing the following year in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. She had roles in various TV movies before making her critically acclaimed film debut as the neglected wife of an obsessive record collector in Barry Levinson's Diner (1982), and subsequently went on to play supporting roles ranging from unhappy wives to white-hot sexpots to a small but vital part as Robert Duvall's troubled daughter in Tender Mercies (1983). Following her appearance in the romantic thriller The Big Easy in 1987, Barkin gained a small but devoted following. While filming the experimental supernatural thriller Siesta (1987), she met her husband, Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, with whom she had two children. (The couple divorced in 1993.) Remaining involved with The Actors Studio when not working, Barkin worked steadily during the late '80s and throughout the '90s -- most notably in Sea of Love (1989) -- and appeared (with Oprah Winfrey) in 1997's Before Women Had Wings, her first TV movie in 13 years. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, as well as the 1999 black comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous. She made a move into indie fare at the beginning of the next decade with parts in Todd Solondz's Palindromes, and Spike Lee's micro-budget drama She Hate Me. She had her most high-profile role in quite some time in 2007 when she was cast in Ocean's Thirteen. Two years later she was in the cop drama Brooklyn's Finest, and two years after that she was the lead in the ensemble dysfunctional family drama Another Happy Day.

Title	Year	User Rating
Very Good Girls Actor	2013	NOT YET RELEASED
The New Normal: Season 01 Actor	2012
Another Happy Day Actor, Producer	2011
Letters to Juliet Producer	2010
Operation: Endgame Actor	2010
Shit Year Actor	2010
The Chameleon Actor	2010
Twelve Actor	2010
Brooklyn's Finest Actor	2009
Happy Tears Actor	2009
Ocean's Thirteen Actor	2007
Trust the Man Actor	2006
Palindromes Actor	2004
She Hate Me Actor	2004
Someone Like You Actor	2001
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia Actor	2000
Mercy Actor	2000
Drop Dead Gorgeous Actor	1999
White River Actor	1999
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Actor	1998
Before Women Had Wings Actor	1997
Mad Dog Time Actor	1996
The Fan Actor	1996
Bad Company Actor	1995
Wild Bill Actor	1995
Into the West Actor	1993
This Boy's Life Actor	1993
Mac Actor	1992
Man Trouble Actor	1992
Switch Actor	1991
Johnny Handsome Actor	1989
Sea of Love Actor	1989
Clinton and Nadine Actor	1988
Made in Heaven Actor	1987
Siesta Actor	1987
The Big Easy Actor	1987
Act of Vengeance Actor	1986
Desert Bloom Actor	1986
Down by Law Actor	1986
Terminal Choice Actor	1985
Faerie Tale Theatre: The Princess Who Had Never Laughed Actor	1984
Harry and Son Actor	1984
Terrible Joe Moran Actor	1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! Actor	1984
Daniel Actor	1983
Eddie and the Cruisers Actor	1983
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Actor	1983
Tender Mercies Actor	1983
Diner Actor	1982
Parole Actor	1982
Kent State Actor	1981
We're Fighting Back Actor	1981

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