Elizabeth Perkins

Q: Has Elizabeth Perkins won any awards?

Elizabeth Perkins has received several nominations throughout her career, including an Emmy nomination for her performance in 'The Twilight Zone.' She has won a Bravo Award and a Satellite Award for her work.

Q: What was Elizabeth Perkins' first film?

Elizabeth Perkins made her film debut in 'About Last Night...' released in 1986, where she played the character Joan. This role helped launch her successful acting career.

Q: What are some of Elizabeth Perkins' most successful films?

Some of Elizabeth Perkins' most successful films include 'Big,' which was a box office hit, and 'The Ring,' a critically acclaimed horror film. Both films contributed to her popularity as an actress.

Q: What is Elizabeth Perkins' net worth?

Elizabeth Perkins' estimated net worth is around $8 million, reflecting her successful career in both film and television over several decades.

Q: What other television shows has Elizabeth Perkins appeared in?

In addition to 'Weeds,' Elizabeth Perkins has appeared in various television shows, including 'The Twilight Zone,' 'How I Met Your Mother,' and 'This Is Us,' showcasing her range as an actress.

Q: Is Elizabeth Perkins involved in any charitable work?

Yes, Elizabeth Perkins is involved in animal rights advocacy and has worked with organizations such as the Humane Society to promote animal welfare and protection.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Elizabeth Perkins' acting style?

Elizabeth Perkins is known for her expressive performances and distinctive voice, which have allowed her to portray a wide range of characters across different genres, from drama to comedy.

Known for

Big (1988)

IMDb 7.3 / 10

1988 / Comedy, Drama / 104mins

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has...

Finding Nemo (2003)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

2003 / Adventure, Animation / 100 min

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome...

The Flintstones (1994)

IMDb 5 / 10

1994 / Comedy, Family / 91 min

Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child....

Name

Elizabeth Perkins

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Born

18 November 1960, Queens, New York, USA

Spouses

Walter Plunkett (2000–2005)

Children

1; Hannah

Parents

Joan Perkins, Richard Perkins

Estimated Net Worth

$8 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass A Midwestern bride-to-be, Gail Daughtry, has a celebrity hall pass agreement with her fiancé… who uses it. Their relationship in...	Elizabeth Perkins	Not rated
2025	Movie The Housemaid Trying to escape her past, Millie Calloway accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew...	Mrs. Winchester	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2025	Movie Another Simple Favor Stephanie and Emily reunite on the beautiful island of Capri, Italy for Emily's extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman....	Margaret McLanden	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2023	Movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider...	May / Quippy Spider-Person (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2022	TV Minx An earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to make the world's first erotic magazine for women.	Constance	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	TV The Afterparty Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film...	Isabel	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	Movie My Little Pony: A New Generation Equestria's divided. But a bright-eyed hero believes Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns should be pals — and, hoof to heart,...	Phyllis (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2019	TV Truth Be Told Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts with Poppy Parnell, who risks everything—including her life—to pursue truth and justice.	Melanie Cave	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	TV The Moodys Follow a tight-knit, but slightly dysfunctional, family through their misadventures.	Ann Moody	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2019	TV The Morning Show A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique...	Elena	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2019	Movie Le Chat Est Mort To what extreme would the death of your beloved pussy drive you?	Rhonda	Not rated
2018	TV Sharp Objects Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders...	Jackie O'Neill	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2018	TV Barry A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.	Diane Villa	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2017	TV GLOW In 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.	Birdie Howard	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2016	TV This Is Us Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present...	Janet Malone	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2016	Movie Ghostbusters Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker...	Phyllis Adler (uncredited)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2016	Movie Super Sex It's always hard to find something for a dad who has everything. He says he just wants to be loved....	Jane	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	TV One Child Mei, a young woman who was adopted from China as a baby, is dramatically pulled back into the land of...	Katherine Arthurton	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	TV How to Get Away with Murder A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They...	Marren Trudeau	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2013	TV How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) Polly is a single mom who has recently divorced. The transition hasn't been easy for her, especially in this economy. So,...	Elaine Green	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2011	Movie Hop E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band....	Bonnie O'Hare	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2006	Movie Fierce People A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South...	Mrs. Langley	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2006	TV The Megan Mullally Show Two-time Emmy Award-winner Megan Mullally, coming off eight seasons as wisecracking socialite Karen Walker on NBC's "Will & Grace," moves...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2005	Movie Kids in America Inspired by real events, this ribald comedy pits an unlikely gang of students against their principal after she bars safe-sex...	Sondra Carmichael	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2005	TV Weeds After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.	Celia Hodes	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2005	Movie Must Love Dogs Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning...	Carol	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2005	TV The Closer Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD...	Gail Meyers	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2005	Movie The Thing About My Folks Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years), that she...	Rachel Kleinman	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	TV Hell's Kitchen Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the competitors through an intense culinary...	Self - Restaurant Patron	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2005	TV Hercules A chronicle of the life of the Greek hero who after killing his three sons must perform five labors to...	Alcmene	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2005	Movie Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip rag stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with...	Miranda Coolidge	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2005	Movie The Ring Two After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns about the death...	Dr. Emma Temple	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2004	Movie Speak Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With...	Joyce Sordino	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2003	Movie Finding Nemo Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's...	Coral (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2002	Movie Try Seventeen Teenager Jones has opted not to go to college and is instead renting a room in a boarding house to...	Blanche	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2002	TV Monk Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve...	Christine Rapp	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2002	Movie My Sister's Keeper Two sisters take a journey of discovery and reconciliation based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman. Christine has been diagnosed...	Judy Chapman	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2001	Movie What Girls Learn Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.	Mama	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2001	Movie Cats & Dogs When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power...	Mrs. Brody	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2000	TV Curb Your Enthusiasm The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem...	Marilyn	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	Movie 28 Days After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a...	Lily Cummings	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2000	TV Battery Park Battery Park is an American comedy television series starring Elizabeth Perkins and Justin Louis. The series premiered Thursday March 23,...	Madeline Dunleavy	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	Movie If These Walls Could Talk 2 The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who...	Alice Hedley	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2000	Movie 1961 An elderly lesbian couple, Edith (Vanessa Redgrave) and Abby (Marian Seldes), find out their long-term relationship has no bearing in...	Alice Hedley	Not rated
1999	TV The Early Show The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1999	Movie Crazy in Alabama An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal...	Joan Blake	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	TV The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until 2004. Kilborn left The Daily...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1999	Movie Discovering Bedrock A documentary that is featured on both the Collector's Edition and Franchise Collecttion DVDs for The Flintstones (1994).	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	Movie I'm Losing You Based on Bruce Wagner's best selling novel, "I'm Losing You" is the gripping tale of a wealthy Los Angeles family...	Aubrey Wicker	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1998	TV From the Earth to the Moon The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.	Marilyn Lovell	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1997	Movie Lesser Prophets The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the...	Susan	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1997	Movie Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue...	Gertruda Babilinska (segment "Mamusha")	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1997	Movie Cloned In the year 2008, a married couple is distraught over losing their 8 year old son in a boating accident....	Skye Weston	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	TV King of the Hill Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident...	Mrs. Ashmore (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1997	TV King of the Hill Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident...	Ruth Brown / Sherilyn (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1997	TV King of the Hill Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident...	Jan Shaw (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1995	Movie Moonlight and Valentino A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.	Rebecca Trager Lott	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1994	Movie Miracle on 34th Street Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a...	Dorey Walker	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	Movie The Flintstones Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps...	Wilma Flintstone	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1993	Movie Indian Summer A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers...	Jennifer Morton	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1993	Movie For Their Own Good A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.	Sally Wheeler	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1991	Movie The Doctor Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is...	June	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1991	Movie He Said, She Said Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new...	Lorraine "Lorie" Bryer	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1990	Movie Avalon A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children...	Ann Kaye	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1990	Movie Enid Is Sleeping Enid only looks like she's sleeping. In fact, she's dead. Shortly after Enid caught her husband Harry in bed with...	Jane	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1990	Movie Love at Large Inept private investigator Harry Dobbs meets vampish new client Miss Dolan, who wants him to follow her abusive lover. But...	Stella Wynkowski	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1990	Movie Teach 109 In the future, surgeons practice their skill on androids designed to imitate patients, but Dr. Garrett sees this as pointless...	Dr. Garrett	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	Movie Sweet Hearts Dance Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam, his...	Adie Nims	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1988	Movie Big When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to...	Susan	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1987	Movie From the Hip Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his...	Jo Ann	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1986	Movie About Last Night... A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of...	Joan	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1984	TV Jeopardy! America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1982	TV Late Night with David Letterman Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Judy Chapman	TMDB 8.8 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2019	TV The Moodys Follow a tight-knit, but slightly dysfunctional, family through their misadventures.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10

The Housemaid

2025 / TMDB 7.3

Another Simple Favor

2025 / TMDB 5.8

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023 / TMDB 8.3

My Little Pony: A New Generation

2021 / TMDB 7.7

Le Chat Est Mort

2019

Ghostbusters

2016 / TMDB 5.3

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Got a question about Elizabeth Perkins?

What are Elizabeth Perkins' most famous roles?

Elizabeth Perkins is best known for her roles in 'Big,' where she played Susan Lawrence, and in the series 'Weeds' as Celia Hodes. She has also appeared in films like 'The Ring' and 'About Last Night.'

Has Elizabeth Perkins won any awards?

What was Elizabeth Perkins' first film?

What are some of Elizabeth Perkins' most successful films?

What is Elizabeth Perkins' net worth?

What other television shows has Elizabeth Perkins appeared in?

Is Elizabeth Perkins involved in any charitable work?

What is a defining characteristic of Elizabeth Perkins' acting style?