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Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is a well-known American movie, television and theater actress. Perkins is of American (mother) and Greek (father) origin. Daughter of James Perkins and Jo Williams, her parents divorced in 1963. Elizabeth's paternal grandparents were Greek immigrants who anglicized their surname from Pisperikos to Perkins when they moved to the United States.

Early life

She was born in Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. After finishing high school she spent three years in Chicago taking acting lessons at the famous Goodman School of Drama. Back in New York in 1984, she did her first theater performance. Thereafter she worked in several ensembles and has since then considered theater playing as a priority of her career.

She was listed as one of the twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World; she has since landed numerious well known roles in big production movies.

Career

As a movie actress she made her film debut in 1986 in Edward Zwick's About Last Night.... She then had her breakthrough starring with Tom Hanks in Big
. She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon. Of all the films she has acted in, her biggest success so far has been however The Flintstones, starring also John Goodman, in which she plays the long-suffering Wilma Flintstone.

In 1993 Perkins made her television debut in For Their Own Good. She starred thereafter in the comedy series Battery Park and If These Walls Could Talk, and has since then played roles in television films on a regular basis.

Recently, Perkins appeared as a psychiatrist in the 2005 suspense thriller, The Ring Two, starring Naomi Watts. Perkins currently plays Celia Hodges, upstanding PTA mother, alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Justin Kirk on the new Showtime series Weeds. Thanks to her work on Weeds, Perkins has received a 2006 Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Miniseries or Made for TV Motion Picture.

Private life

Perkins' first husband was Terry Kinney, from whom she divorced. In 2000 she married her present husband, Julio Macat.

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