Mercedes Ruehl
Biography
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
Law & Order
NCIS
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Frasier
Psych
2 Broke Girls
All Movies (50)
- The Nana Project2023 · as Nana
- Disclosure2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- Hustlers2019 · as Mother
- Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors2016 · as Self
- Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict2015 · as Self
- Chu and Blossom2014 · as Mrs. Fefterg
- Star Spangled Banners2013 · as Rosalind Banner
- Doubt2013 · as Mrs. Syd Newman
- Doctors of the Dark Side2011 · as Narrator
- Goldstar, Ohio2010 · as Adriana Rock
- Loving Leah2009 · as Janice
- A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story2006 · as Sylvia Guerrero
- Mom at Sixteen2005 · as Terry Jeffries
- Zeyda and the Hitman2004 · as Esther
- Bad Apple2004 · as Lorraine Gibbons
- Spooky House2002 · as Boss
- Guilt by Association2002 · as Susan Walker
- The Amati Girls2001 · as Grace
- The Lost Child2000 · as Rebecca
- More Dogs Than Bones2000 · as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
- What's Cooking?2000 · as Elizabeth Avila
- All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story2000 · as Jane Newhall
- The Minus Man1999 · as Jane
- Out of the Cold1999 · as Tina
- Gia1998 · as Kathleen Carangi
- Subway Stories1997 · as Leyla (segment "Underground")
- Roseanna's Grave1997 · as Roseanna
- North Shore Fish1997 · as Florence
- Indictment: The McMartin Trial1995 · as Lael Rubin
- On Hope1994
- Last Action Hero1993 · as Irene Madigan
- Lost in Yonkers1993 · as Bella Kurnitz
- The Fisher King1991 · as Anne
- Another You1991 · as Elaine
- Crazy People1990 · as Dr. Liz Baylor
- Crimes and Misdemeanors1989 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Slaves of New York1989 · as Samantha
- Married to the Mob1988 · as Connie Russo
- Big1988 · as Mrs. Baskin
- Leader of the Band1987 · as Miss Cooper
- The Secret of My Success1987 · as Sheila
- 84 Charing Cross Road1987 · as Kay
- Radio Days1987 · as Ad Man
- Heartburn1986 · as Eve
- Twisted1985 · as Cybelle
- Mom's On Strike1984 · as Sandy
- Four Friends1981 · as Woman in Taxi
- The Warriors1979 · as Policewoman
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands1976 · as American girl in casino
- People Not Places—
All TV Shows (23)
- Accused2023 · as Connie
- New Amsterdam2018 · as Grace
- Bull2016 · as Judge Tessa Hudson
- Bull2016 · as Judge Hudson
- Life in Pieces2015 · as Mia
- The Mysteries of Laura2014 · as Val Santiani
- Monday Mornings2013 · as Judge Beverly Natheson
- 2 Broke Girls2011 · as Olga
- Psych2006 · as Detective Goochberg
- Entourage2004 · as Rita Chase
- NCIS2003 · as Marie Quinn
- Widows2002 · as Dolly Rawlins
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Lucia Barba
- Frasier1993 · as Kate Costas
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
- Law & Order1990 · as Zina Rybakov
- Law & Order1990 · as Clara Lloyd
- The Cosby Show1984 · as Bernadette Foley
- Kate & Allie1984
- ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Sandy
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Rebecca