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.
Filmography (70 titles)
4.5MovieThe Nana Project
Nana · 2023
6.8ShowAccused
Connie · 2023
7.8MovieDisclosure
Self (archive footage) · 2020
6.5MovieHustlers
Mother · 2019
8.3ShowNew Amsterdam
Grace · 2018
7.1ShowBull
Judge Tessa Hudson · 2016
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Self · 2016
6.5MoviePeggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Self · 2015
7.1ShowLife in Pieces
Mia · 2015
7.1ShowThe Mysteries of Laura
Val Santiani · 2014
4.0MovieChu and Blossom
Mrs. Fefterg · 2014
5.2MovieStar Spangled Banners
Rosalind Banner · 2013
6.9ShowMonday Mornings
Judge Beverly Natheson · 2013
Doubt
Mrs. Syd Newman · 2013
7.2Show2 Broke Girls
Olga · 2011
6.8MovieDoctors of the Dark Side
Narrator · 2011
MovieGoldstar, Ohio
Adriana Rock · 2010
6.9MovieLoving Leah
Janice · 2009
7.9ShowPsych
Detective Goochberg · 2006
5.1MovieA Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Sylvia Guerrero · 2006
6.5MovieMom at Sixteen
Terry Jeffries · 2005
7.4ShowEntourage
Rita Chase · 2004
5.5MovieZeyda and the Hitman
Esther · 2004
4.1MovieBad Apple
Lorraine Gibbons · 2004
7.6ShowNCIS
Marie Quinn · 2003
8.5ShowWidows
Dolly Rawlins · 2002
6.0MovieSpooky House
Boss · 2002
5.1MovieGuilt by Association
Susan Walker · 2002
4.7MovieThe Amati Girls
Grace · 2001
6.6MovieThe Lost Child
Rebecca · 2000