Ellen Burstyn

Acting

Born: 1932-12-07
From: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender: Female
Height: 1.70 m
Popularity: 1.9

Also Known As

Ellen McRaeEdna Rae Gilhooley

Biography

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020). She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage.

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Awards & Nominations21 won · 6 nominated

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Political Animals

2013
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

2009
🏆 Won

Genie Awards

The Stone Angel

2009
🏆 Won

Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series

2008
🏆 Won

Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress

2001
🏆 Won

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture

2001
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

Requiem for a Dream

2001
🏆 Won

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

2000
🏆 Won

Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

2000
🏆 Won

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

2000
🏆 Won

Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

2000
🏆 Won

Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

1997
🏆 Won

Berlinale Camera

1988
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

Resurrection

1981
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

1979
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

Same Time, Next Year

1979
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

1976
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Actress

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1975
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

1975
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1975
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

The Exorcist

1974
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Last Picture Show

1972
🏆 Won

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

1971
🏆 Won

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress

1971
🏆 Won

Film Independent Spirit Awards

🏆 Won

Mary Pickford Award

🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

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