Mercedes Ruehl
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
Lucia Barba
NCIS
Marie Quinn
Law & Order
Zina Rybakov
Law & Order
Clara Lloyd
Psych
Detective Goochberg
Frasier
Kate Costas
The Cosby Show
Bernadette Foley
2 Broke Girls
Olga
Entourage
Rita Chase
Bull
Judge Tessa Hudson
Bull
Judge Hudson
New Amsterdam
Grace
Life in Pieces
Mia
ABC Afterschool Special
Sandy
The Oscars
Self
The Mysteries of Laura
Val Santiani
Accused
Connie
Big
Mrs. Baskin
Last Action Hero
Irene Madigan
Kate & Allie
The Warriors
Policewoman
Hustlers
Mother
Monday Mornings
Judge Beverly Natheson
The Fisher King
Anne
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rebecca
Gia
Kathleen Carangi
Married to the Mob
Connie Russo
The Secret of My Success
Sheila
Disclosure
Self (archive footage)
Radio Days
Ad Man
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Party Guest (uncredited)
Heartburn
Eve
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Lael Rubin
84 Charing Cross Road
Kay
Loving Leah
Janice
Another You
Elaine
The Lost Child
Rebecca
Guilt by Association
Susan Walker
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
American girl in casino
The Minus Man
Jane
Leader of the Band
Miss Cooper
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Self
Subway Stories
Leyla (segment "Underground")
Crazy People
Dr. Liz Baylor
Roseanna's Grave
Roseanna
Widows
Dolly Rawlins
More Dogs Than Bones
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
Doctors of the Dark Side
Narrator
Twisted
Cybelle
What's Cooking?
Elizabeth Avila
Mom at Sixteen
Terry Jeffries
Star Spangled Banners
Rosalind Banner
The Amati Girls
Grace
North Shore Fish
Florence
The Nana Project
Nana
Slaves of New York
Samantha
Bad Apple
Lorraine Gibbons
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Jane Newhall
Four Friends
Woman in Taxi
Spooky House
Boss
Out of the Cold
Tina
Chu and Blossom
Mrs. Fefterg
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Sylvia Guerrero
Lost in Yonkers
Bella Kurnitz
Doubt
Mrs. Syd Newman
Goldstar, Ohio
Adriana Rock
People Not Places
Zeyda and the Hitman
Esther
Mom's On Strike
Sandy
On Hope
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest