Biography
Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her most acclaimed film role was in The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an American Comedy Award, a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los…
Career works
71
Movies
50
Series
21
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
02/28/1948
Place of birth
Queens, New York, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Nana Project
2023 · 4.5
Disclosure
2020 · 7.8
Hustlers
2019 · 6.5
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Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015 · 6.5
Chu and Blossom
2014 · 4.0
Star Spangled Banners
2013 · 5.2
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Doubt
2013
Doctors of the Dark Side
2011 · 6.8
Goldstar, Ohio
2010
Loving Leah
2009 · 6.9
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006 · 5.1
Mom at Sixteen
2005 · 6.5
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004 · 5.5
Bad Apple
2004 · 4.1
Series
Accused
2023 · 6.9
New Amsterdam
2018 · 8.3
Bull
2016 · 7.0
Life in Pieces
2015 · 7.1
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 · 7.1
Monday Mornings
2013 · 6.9
2 Broke Girls
2011 · 7.2
Psych
2006 · 7.9
Entourage
2004 · 7.4
NCIS
2003 · 7.6
Widows
2002 · 8.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0
Frasier
1993 · 7.7
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · 7.3
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3