Mercedes Ruehl
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(50 total)
Big
as Mrs. Baskin
Hustlers
as Mother
Last Action Hero
as Irene Madigan
The Warriors
as Policewoman
The Fisher King
as Anne
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Gia
as Kathleen Carangi
The Secret of My Success
as Sheila
Radio Days
as Ad Man
Married to the Mob
as Connie Russo
Heartburn
as Eve
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as American girl in casino
The Minus Man
as Jane
Another You
as Elaine
Crazy People
as Dr. Liz Baylor
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Lael Rubin
Loving Leah
as Janice
Mom at Sixteen
as Terry Jeffries
TV Shows
(23 total)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lucia Barba
NCIS
as Marie Quinn
2 Broke Girls
as Olga
New Amsterdam
as Grace
Psych
as Detective Goochberg
Frasier
as Kate Costas
Law & Order
as Zina Rybakov
Law & Order
as Clara Lloyd
Entourage
as Rita Chase
The Cosby Show
as Bernadette Foley
Bull
as Judge Tessa Hudson
Bull
as Judge Hudson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Life in Pieces
as Mia
The Mysteries of Laura
as Val Santiani
The Oscars
as Self
Accused
as Connie
Monday Mornings
as Judge Beverly Natheson