Mercedes Ruehl
Known For
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lucia Barba
Law & Order
as Zina Rybakov
Law & Order
as Clara Lloyd
NCIS
as Marie Quinn
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Frasier
as Kate Costas
Psych
as Detective Goochberg
2 Broke Girls
as Olga
Bull
as Judge Tessa Hudson
Bull
as Judge Hudson
The Cosby Show
as Bernadette Foley
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
New Amsterdam
as Grace
Entourage
as Rita Chase
Life in Pieces
as Mia
The Oscars
as Self
ABC Afterschool Special
as Sandy
Accused
as Connie
Big
as Mrs. Baskin
The Warriors
as Policewoman