Mercedes Ruehl
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 Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe.
Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Her other film credits include Big (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Last Action Hero (1993), Roseanna's Grave (1997), and Hustlers (2019). She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in HBO's Entourage.
Acted in
The Nana Project
2023
as Nana
Accused
2023
as Connie
Disclosure
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Hustlers
2019
as Mother
New Amsterdam
2018
as Grace
Bull
2016
as Judge Tessa Hudson
Bull
2016
as Judge Hudson
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
as Self
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015
as Self
Life in Pieces
2015
as Mia
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Val Santiani
Chu and Blossom
2014
as Mrs. Fefterg
Star Spangled Banners
2013
as Rosalind Banner
Monday Mornings
2013
as Judge Beverly Natheson
Doubt
2013
as Mrs. Syd Newman
2 Broke Girls
2011
as Olga
Doctors of the Dark Side
2011
as Narrator
Goldstar, Ohio
2010
as Adriana Rock
Loving Leah
2009
as Janice
Psych
2006
as Detective Goochberg
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006
as Sylvia Guerrero
Mom at Sixteen
2005
as Terry Jeffries
Entourage
2004
as Rita Chase
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004
as Esther
Bad Apple
2004
as Lorraine Gibbons
NCIS
2003
as Marie Quinn
Widows
2002
as Dolly Rawlins
Spooky House
2002
as Boss
Guilt by Association
2002
as Susan Walker
The Amati Girls
2001
as Grace
The Lost Child
2000
as Rebecca
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
What's Cooking?
2000
as Elizabeth Avila
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000
as Jane Newhall
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lucia Barba
Out of the Cold
1999
as Tina
The Minus Man
1999
as Jane
Gia
1998
as Kathleen Carangi
Subway Stories
1997
as Leyla (segment "Underground")
Roseanna's Grave
1997
as Roseanna
North Shore Fish
1997
as Florence
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Lael Rubin
On Hope
1994
Frasier
1993
as Kate Costas
Last Action Hero
1993
as Irene Madigan
Lost in Yonkers
1993
as Bella Kurnitz
The Fisher King
1991
as Anne
Another You
1991
as Elaine
Law & Order
1990
as Zina Rybakov
Law & Order
1990
as Clara Lloyd
Crazy People
1990
as Dr. Liz Baylor
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Slaves of New York
1989
as Samantha
Married to the Mob
1988
as Connie Russo
Big
1988
as Mrs. Baskin
Leader of the Band
1987
as Miss Cooper
The Secret of My Success
1987
as Sheila
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Kay
Radio Days
1987
as Ad Man
Heartburn
1986
as Eve
Twisted
1985
as Cybelle
Mom's On Strike
1984
as Sandy
The Cosby Show
1984
as Bernadette Foley
Kate & Allie
1984
Four Friends
1981
as Woman in Taxi
The Warriors
1979
as Policewoman
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
as American girl in casino
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Sandy
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Rebecca
