Ellen Burstyn
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.
Acting
Movie
Interstellar
as Murph (older)
2014
Movie
Requiem for a Dream
as Sara Goldfarb
2000
Movie
The Exorcist
as Chris MacNeil
1973
Movie
The Age of Adaline
as Flemming
2015
Movie
Red Dragon
as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
2002
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bernie Stabler
1999
TV
House of Cards
as Elizabeth Hale
2013
Movie
The Fountain
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
2006
Movie
The Wicker Man
as Sister Summersisle
2006
Movie
Pieces of a Woman
as Elizabeth Weiss
2020
Movie
The Exorcist: Believer
as Chris MacNeil
2023
Movie
Draft Day
as Barb Weaver
2014
Movie
The Last Picture Show
as Lois Farrow
1971
Movie
W.
as Barbara Bush
2008
TV
Mom
as Shirley
2013
Movie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Alice Hyatt
1974
Movie
The Yards
as Val Handler
2000
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Movie
Dying Young
as Mrs. O'Neil
1991
Movie
The Tale
as Nettie
2018
Movie
Flowers in the Attic
as Grandmother
2014
Movie
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Emily
1994
TV
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler
2021
Movie
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Vivi
2002
