Acting · Queens, New York, USA · Born February 28, 1948
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.
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2023
as Nana
TVAccused
2023
as Connie
MovieDisclosure
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHustlers
2019
as Mother
TVNew Amsterdam
2018
as Grace
TVBull
2016
as Judge Tessa Hudson
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
as Self
MoviePeggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015
as Self
TVLife in Pieces
2015
as Mia
TVThe Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Val Santiani
MovieChu and Blossom
2014
as Mrs. Fefterg
MovieStar Spangled Banners
2013
as Rosalind Banner
TVMonday Mornings
2013
as Judge Beverly Natheson
Doubt
2013
as Mrs. Syd Newman
TV2 Broke Girls
2011
as Olga
MovieDoctors of the Dark Side
2011
as Narrator
MovieGoldstar, Ohio
2010
as Adriana Rock
MovieLoving Leah
2009
as Janice
TVPsych
2006
as Detective Goochberg
MovieA Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006
as Sylvia Guerrero
MovieMom at Sixteen
2005
as Terry Jeffries
TVEntourage
2004
as Rita Chase
MovieZeyda and the Hitman
2004
as Esther
MovieBad Apple
2004
as Lorraine Gibbons
TVNCIS
2003
as Marie Quinn
TVWidows
2002
as Dolly Rawlins
MovieSpooky House
2002
as Boss
MovieGuilt by Association
2002
as Susan Walker
MovieThe Amati Girls
2001
as Grace
MovieThe Lost Child
2000
as Rebecca
MovieMore Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
MovieWhat's Cooking?
2000
as Elizabeth Avila
MovieAll-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000
as Jane Newhall
MovieThe Minus Man
1999
as Jane
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lucia Barba
MovieOut of the Cold
1999
as Tina
MovieGia
1998
as Kathleen Carangi
MovieSubway Stories
1997
as Leyla (segment "Underground")
MovieRoseanna's Grave
1997
as Roseanna
MovieNorth Shore Fish
1997
as Florence
MovieIndictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Lael Rubin
MovieOn Hope
1994
TVFrasier
1993
as Kate Costas
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieLast Action Hero
1993
as Irene Madigan
MovieLost in Yonkers
1993
as Bella Kurnitz
MovieThe Fisher King
1991
as Anne
MovieAnother You
1991
as Elaine
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Zina Rybakov
MovieCrazy People
1990
as Dr. Liz Baylor
MovieCrimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieSlaves of New York
1989
as Samantha
MovieMarried to the Mob
1988
as Connie Russo
MovieBig
1988
as Mrs. Baskin
MovieLeader of the Band
1987
as Miss Cooper
MovieThe Secret of My Success
1987
as Sheila
Movie84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Kay
MovieRadio Days
1987
as Ad Man
MovieHeartburn
1986
as Eve
MovieTwisted
1985
as Cybelle
MovieMom's on Strike
1984
as Sandy
TVThe Cosby Show
1984
as Bernadette Foley
TVKate & Allie
1984
MovieFour Friends
1981
as Woman in Taxi
MovieThe Warriors
1979
as Policewoman
MovieDona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
as American girl in casino
TVABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Sandy
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Rebecca
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