Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
1948-02-28 · Queens, New York, USA
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.
movieThe Nana Project
as Nana · 2023 · 4.5
tvAccused
as Connie · 2023 · 6.9
movieDisclosure
as Self (archive footage) · 2020 · 7.8
movieHustlers
as Mother · 2019 · 6.5
tvNew Amsterdam
as Grace · 2018 · 8.3
tvBull
as Judge Tessa Hudson · 2016 · 7.0
tvBull
as Judge Hudson · 2016 · 7.0
movieRobin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
as Self · 2016 · 0.0
moviePeggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
as Self · 2015 · 6.5
tvLife in Pieces
as Mia · 2015 · 7.1
tvThe Mysteries of Laura
as Val Santiani · 2014 · 7.1
movieChu and Blossom
as Mrs. Fefterg · 2014 · 4.0
movieStar Spangled Banners
as Rosalind Banner · 2013 · 5.2
tvMonday Mornings
as Judge Beverly Natheson · 2013 · 6.9
movieDoubt
as Mrs. Syd Newman · 2013 · 0.0
tv2 Broke Girls
as Olga · 2011 · 7.2
movieDoctors of the Dark Side
as Narrator · 2011 · 6.8
movieGoldstar, Ohio
as Adriana Rock · 2010 · 0.0
movieLoving Leah
as Janice · 2009 · 6.9
tvPsych
as Detective Goochberg · 2006 · 7.9
movieA Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
as Sylvia Guerrero · 2006 · 5.1
movieMom at Sixteen
as Terry Jeffries · 2005 · 6.5
tvEntourage
as Rita Chase · 2004 · 7.4
movieZeyda and the Hitman
as Esther · 2004 · 5.5