Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvAccused
2023
Connie
movieDisclosure
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieHustlers
2019
Mother
tvNew Amsterdam
2018
Grace
tvBull
2016
Judge Tessa Hudson / Judge Hudson
tvThe Mysteries of Laura
2014
Val Santiani
movieChu and Blossom
2014
Mrs. Fefterg
movieStar Spangled Banners
2013
Rosalind Banner
tvMonday Mornings
2013
Judge Beverly Natheson
Doubt
2013
Mrs. Syd Newman
movieGoldstar, Ohio
2010
Adriana Rock
movieLoving Leah
2009
Janice
tvPsych
2006
Detective Goochberg
movieA Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006
Sylvia Guerrero
movieMom at Sixteen
2005
Terry Jeffries
tvEntourage
2004
Rita Chase
movieBad Apple
2004
Lorraine Gibbons
tvNCIS
2003
Marie Quinn
tvWidows
2002
Dolly Rawlins
movieGuilt by Association
2002
Susan Walker
movieThe Lost Child
2000
Rebecca
movieMore Dogs Than Bones
2000
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
movieWhat's Cooking?
2000
Elizabeth Avila
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Lucia Barba
movieGia
1998
Kathleen Carangi
movieSubway Stories
1997
Leyla (segment "Underground")
movieRoseanna's Grave
1997
Roseanna
movieNorth Shore Fish
1997
Florence
movieIndictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
Lael Rubin
tvFrasier
1993
Kate Costas
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieLast Action Hero
1993
Irene Madigan
movieLost in Yonkers
1993
Bella Kurnitz
movieAnother You
1991
Elaine
tvLaw & Order
1990
Zina Rybakov / Clara Lloyd
movieCrazy People
1990
Dr. Liz Baylor
movieCrimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Party Guest (uncredited)
movieSlaves of New York
1989
Samantha
movieMarried to the Mob
1988
Connie Russo
movieBig
1988
Mrs. Baskin
movieLeader of the Band
1987
Miss Cooper
movieRadio Days
1987
Ad Man
movieTwisted
1985
Cybelle
tvThe Cosby Show
1984
Bernadette Foley
movieFour Friends
1981
Woman in Taxi
movieThe Warriors
1979
Policewoman
movieDona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
American girl in casino
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Rebecca