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Actor
Gender
Female
Birthday
18 November
Location
New York, United States
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Biography
Elizabeth Ann Perkins (born November 18, 1960, in Queens, New York City, USA) is an American actress and producer. Raised in Vermont, she developed an interest in acting at an early age and studied at the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago. She began her professional career in theatre, performing with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and appearing on Broadway in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs (1984). She made her feature-film debut in About Last Night... (1986).
She gained wider recognition for her performance opposite Tom Hanks in the fantasy comedy Big (1988). Her other notable film appearances include Avalon (1990), He Said, She Said (1991), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Moonlight and Valentino (1995), 28 Days (2000), The Ring Two (2005) and Must Love Dogs (2005). She also voiced Coral in Pixar's animated film Finding Nemo (2003).
On television, she is particularly known for playing Celia Hodes in the Showtime comedy-drama series Weeds (2005–2009), a role that earned her three Primetime Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. Her other television credits include How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life), This Is Us, GLOW, Sharp Objects, Truth Be Told and The Moodys.
