#Elizabeth perkins 2015 series

Perkins made her film debut in 1986 in Edward Zwick's About Last Night. She was listed as one of the 12 'Promising New Actors of 1986' in John Willis' Screen World, and has since landed numerous film roles. In 1984, she made her theatrical debut on Broadway in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and afterward, worked in a number of ensemble companies, including The New York Shakespeare Festival and the Steppenwolf Theater.

Perkins attended Northfield Mount Hermon School, an elite preparatory school, and then spent 1978 to 1981 in Chicago attaining her Certificate in Acting from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University. She began working in theatre with Arena Civic Theatre, a non-profit community theatre group based in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Perkins was raised in Colrain, Massachusetts her parents divorced in 1963. Her paternal grandparents were Greek immigrants from Salonika who anglicized their surname from 'Pisperikos' to 'Perkins' when they moved to the United States. Perkins was born in Queens, New York, to Jo Williams, a drug treatment counselor, and James Perkins, a farmer, writer, and businessman.

#Elizabeth perkins 2015 series

She is also well known for her role as Celia Hodes in the Showtime TV series Weeds, for which she received three Primetime Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations.

Her film roles have included About Last Night (1986), Big (1988), Avalon (1990), and He Said, She Said (1991), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and her brief voice role as Coral in the Disney/ Pixar animated film Finding Nemo (2003). Elizabeth Ann Perkins (born Novem) is an American actress.