Guide Note
Ellen Barkin is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and television actress. She began her acting career in the 1982, Barry Levinson movie The Diner. From there she went on to appear in several more successful films including, Sea of Love and The Big Easy.
She can currently be heard as the voice of Theme Time Radio Hour, with host Bob Dylan, on XM's Deep Tracks. Barkin's most recent role was in Oceans 13, along with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia and Casey Affleck, just to name a few.
She can next be seen in Greta, which is slated for release in 2009.
In 2005, Barkin and her brother George Barkin, along with her ex-husband Ronald Pearlman, founded their own production company.
Fast Facts
- Birth name: Ellen Rona Barkin
- Born: April 16, 1954
- Birthplace: Bronx, New York
- First Spouse: Gabriel Byrne
- 2 children from her first marriage
- Married Ronald Pearlman in 2000, but ended in 2006
- Won Emmy Award for Before Women Had Wings in 1997
Quotes from Ellen Barkin
- "I think I have an interesting kind of sexuality. It's not always what they want, out there in Hollywood. They tend to like the fragile girl more and I think my sexuality is more male than female." — Ellen Barkin on her sexuality
- "I want to look as good as I can for a 53-year-old. I don’t want to look as good as I can for a 30-year-old. If you do that ‘who’s sexier’ thing, I’m always going to go with Susan Sarandon or Meryl Streep. It’s not just a physical thing. It kind of breaks my heart. I think, Why aren’t you happy in your fifties? Why aren’t you happy in your forties?" — Ellen Barkin on her age
- "You just have all these guys, from Carl Reiner, to Casey Affleck, and everybody in between. And then there's you. It's kinda fabulous." — Ellen Barkin on her role in Ocean's 13
- "I like my looks, but they're certainly an acquired taste. I'm not a frothy, girly girl. I was never a pretty little starlet." — Ellen Barkin on her looks
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