Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is a well-known American movie, television and theater actress. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Look up film in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed...

Early life

She was born in Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. After finishing high school she spent three years in Chicago taking acting lessons at the famous Goodman School of Drama. Back in New York in 1984, she did her first theater performance. Thereafter she worked in several ensembles and has since then considered theater playing as a priority of her career. State nickname: The Empire State Official languages English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Clinton (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 13. ... State nickname: The Green Mountain State Official languages None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 43th 24,923 km² 3. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... The Goodman School of Drama is now styled the DePaul University Theatre School. ... State nickname: The Empire State Official languages English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Clinton (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 13. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She was listed as one of the twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World; she has since landed numerious well known roles in big production movies.

Career

As a movie actress she made her film debut in 1986 in Edward Zwick's About Last Night.... She then had her breakthrough starring with Tom Hanks in Big. She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon. Of all the films she has acted in, her biggest success so far has been however The Flintstones, starring also John Goodman, in which she plays the long-suffering Wilma Flintstone. Edward Zwick (born October 8, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film director. ... Tom Hanks in February 2004 Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed movies. ... Barry Levinson Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer of film and television. ... The Flintstones, a Hanna-Barbera animated series, is one of the most successful animated television series of all time, originally running in American prime time for six seasons, from 1960 to 1966, on the ABC network. ... John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952 in Affton, Missouri) is an American actor. ... Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone. ...

In 1993 Perkins made her television debut in For Their Own Good. She starred thereafter in the comedy series Battery Park and If These Walls Could Talk, and has since then played roles in television films on a regular basis. 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Recently, Perkins appeared as a psychiatrist in the 2005 suspense thriller, The Ring Two, starring Naomi Watts. Perkins currently plays Celia Hodges, upstanding PTA mother, alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Justin Kirk on the new Showtime series Weeds. Thanks to her work on Weeds, Perkins has received a 2006 Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Miniseries or Made for TV Motion Picture. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ring 2 redirects here. ... Naomi Watts. ... PTA may refer to: Parent-Teacher Association, a voluntary organisation bringing together parents and teachers plasma thromboplastin antecedent, another name for Factor XI Preferential Trade Arrangement This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Mary-Louise Parker. ... Born May 28, 1969, in Salem, Oregon, Justin Kirk grew up in Union, Washington, attending grade school on an Indian reservation. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Weeds is a Showtime dark comedy television series about a fictional California suburb and its residents, a handful of whom are involved in the distribution and consumption of cannabis (hence the title). ... Weeds is a Showtime dark comedy television series about a fictional California suburb and its residents, a handful of whom are involved in the distribution and consumption of cannabis (hence the title). ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Private life

Perkins' first husband was Terry Kinney, from whom she divorced. In 2000 she married her present husband, Julio Macat. Terry Kinney founding memeber of the Steppenwolf Theatre with Gary and Jeff Perry. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Selected Filmography

• Must Love Dogs (2005)
• The Ring Two (2005)
• Weeds (2005) (TV series)
• Speak (2004)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• Try Seventeen (2002)
• Cats & Dogs (2001)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• The Flintstones (1994)
• He Said, She Said (1991)
• Avalon (1990)
• Big (1988)
• About Last Night (1986)

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External links

• Elizabeth Perkins at the Internet Movie Database
• Elizabeth Perkins at the Internet Broadway Database
• Elizabeth Perkins at the Notable Names Database