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Acting

Ellen Barkin

Career: Active from 1981 to 2023, busiest in 1986 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 28
top three billing

Average score: 51/100

Highest rated: Down by Law
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ellen Barkin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
2.4, average 3.4
Warfare
0.3, average 1.2
Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7
Scare
1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Moral Ambiguity 4
Social Commentary 4
Quirky Characters 3
Cringe Humor 3
Political Intrigue 3
Dysfunctional Family 3
Crime Thriller 3
Neo-Noir Thriller 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Complex Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

67

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 49

The Out-Laws

37

as Lilly McDermott

Poker Face

81

TV show · as Kathleen Townsend

The Man from Toronto

41

as The Handler

Breaking News in Yuba County

35

as Debbie

2010s

15 titles · average score 49

Active Adults

as Lucy

Animal Kingdom

72

TV show · as Janine "Smurf" Cody

HAPPYish

57

TV show · as Dani Kirschenbloom

The Cobbler

33

as Elaine Greenawalt

Very Good Girls

38

as Norma Berger

The New Normal

60

TV show · as Jane Forrest

Another Happy Day

51

as Lynn

Shit Year

43

as Colleen West

Brooklyn's Finest

51

as Agent Smith

Letters to Juliet

55

Producer

Operation: Endgame

40

as Empress

The Chameleon

32

as Kimberly Miller

2000s

9 titles · average score 50

Happy Tears

39

as Shelly

Modern Family

85

TV show · as Mitzi Roth

Ocean's Thirteen

67

as Abigail Sponder

Trust the Man

44

as Norah

Palindromes

56

as Joyce Victor

She Hate Me

40

as Margo Chadwick

Someone Like You...

47

as Diane Roberts

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

39

as Maggie Skolnick

Mercy

32

as Det. Catherine Palmer

1990s

15 titles · average score 52

Drop Dead Gorgeous

54

as Annette Atkins

The White River Kid

38

as Eva Nell La Fangroy

Before Women Had Wings

65

as Glory Marie Jackson

King of the Hill

78

TV show · as Lenore (voice)

The Fan

46

as Jewel Stern

Mad Dog Time

36

as Rita Everly

Wild Bill

42

as Calamity Jane

Bad Company

37

as Margaret Wells

This Boy's Life

70

as Caroline

Into the West

70

as Kathleen

Man Trouble

21

as Joan Spruance

Switch

44

as Amanda Brooks

1980s

23 titles · average score 59

Sea of Love

69

as Helen Cruger

Johnny Handsome

53

as Sunny Boyd

Clinton and Nadine

32

as Nadine Powers

Siesta

37

as Claire

The Big Easy

73

as Anne Osborne

Down by Law

79

as Laurette

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

66

as Penny Priddy

Harry & Son

33

as Katie Wilowski

Terrible Joe Moran

67

as Ronnie

Tender Mercies

77

as Sue Anne

Eddie and the Cruisers

48

as Maggie Foley

Diner

79

as Beth Schreiber

1970s

1 title · average score 61

Up in Smoke

61

as Woman Playing Guitar (uncredited)