Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960 ) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films including About Last Night, From the Hip (1987), Big (1988), Enid Is Sleeping (1990), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Moonlight and Valentino (1995), The Ring Two (2005) and Hop (2011). 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.

Early life Perkins's paternal grandparents were Greek immigrants from Thessaloniki who anglicized their surname from "Pisperikos" to "Perkins" when they moved to the United States.

Perkins was raised in Colrain, Massachusetts; her parents divorced in 1963. 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. and afterward worked in a number of ensemble companies, including The New York Shakespeare Festival and the Steppenwolf Theater.

Career Perkins was listed as one of the 12 "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World. She made her film debut in 1986 in Edward Zwick's About Last Night... and had a career breakthrough co-starring with Tom Hanks in Big. She received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon, and was a standout opposite William Hurt in The Doctor (1991), receiving critical acclaim for her performance as a terminal cancer patient. She later starred in the comedy series Battery Park and has appeared in television and films, including 1994's The Flintstones (starring as Wilma Flintstone) and Miracle on 34th Street (starring as Dorey Walker), and 2000's 28 Days (starring as Sandra Bullock's sister). Perkins also played a small voice role in 2003's Finding Nemo as Coral, a clownfish who is Marlin's wife and Nemo's mother who is killed and devoured by a barracuda at the beginning of the film. Perkins also appeared as a psychiatrist in 2005's The Ring Two, starring Naomi Watts.

From 2005 to 2009, Perkins played Celia Hodes, an alcoholic and image-obsessed parent–teacher association (PTA) mother, alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Justin Kirk on the Showtime series Weeds. For her work on Weeds, Perkins received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Miniseries or Made for TV Motion Picture (in 2006 and 2007). At a screening of the season 2 finale of Weeds, at the Museum of TV and Radio on October 25, 2006, Perkins said that she considers Celia Hodes her favorite role in her career.

She starred in the 2013 ABC comedy series How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life). She played Birdie in the Netflix original series GLOW and Jackie O'Neill in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects.

Personal life Perkins married Terry Kinney in 1984; they divorced in 1988. She has one daughter with Maurice Phillips. In 2000, she married Argentine-born cinematographer Julio Macat. In 2005, at the age of 44, she learned that she had latent autoimmune diabetes, a form of type 1 diabetes that is most often diagnosed in middle age.

In 2017, Perkins held a sign naming actor James Woods above the hashtag #MeToo during a rally against sexual harassment in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1986 About Last Night Joan 1987 From the Hip Jo Ann 1988 Big Susan Lawrence Sweet Hearts Dance Adie Nims 1990 Love at Large Stella Wynkowski Enid Is Sleeping June Avalon Ann Kaye 1991 He Said, She Said Lorie Bryer June Ellis 1993 Indian Summer Jennifer Morton 1994 Wilma Flintstone Miracle on 34th Street Dorey Walker 1995 Moonlight and Valentino Rebecca Trager Lott 1997 Lesser Prophets Susan 1998 I'm Losing You Aubrey Wicker 1999 Crazy in Alabama Joan Blake 2000 28 Days Lily Cummings 2001 Cats & Dogs Carolyn Brody 2002 All I Want Blanche AKA, Try Seventeen 2003 Finding Nemo Coral Voice 2004 Gilded Stones Polly Short film Speak Joyce Sordino Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Miranda Coolidge 2005 Dr. Emma Temple Rachel Kleinman Must Love Dogs Carol Nolan Fierce People Mrs. Langley Kids in America Sondra Carmichael 2009 Le chat est mort Rhonda Short film 2011 Hop Bonnie O'Hare2016 Super Sex Jane Short film Ghostbusters Phyllis Adler Extended cut 2021 My Little Pony: A New Generation Phyllis CloverleafVoice role 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Aunt May Parker 2025 Another Simple Favor Margaret McLanden The HousemaidEvelyn Winchester 2026 Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Herself Cameo

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 1992 Roseanne Lois Episode: "Bingo" 1993 For Their Own Good Sally Wheeler Television film 1997 Cloned Skye Weston Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women Gertruda Babilinska 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Marilyn Lovell Episode: "The Original Wives Club" 2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 Alice Hedley Television film Battery Park Captain Madeline Dunleavy 6 episodes 2001 What Girls Learn Mama Television film 2002 My Sister's Keeper Judy Chapman 2002–04 King of the Hill Jan Shaw, Mrs. Ashmore, Sherilyn (voice) 3 episodes 2005 Hercules Alcmene 2 episodes 2005–09 Weeds Celia Hodes 63 episodes 2009 Monk Christine Rapp Episode: "Mr. Monk's Favorite Show" 2011 Vince Uncensored Janet Donohue Television film Gail Meyers Episode: "Road Block" 2013 How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) Elaine Green 13 episodes 2014 Hell's Kitchen Herself Episode: "15 Chefs Compete" How to Get Away with Murder Marren Trudeau Episode: "Let's Get to Scooping" One Child Katherine Ashley 3 episodes 2017–22 This Is Us Janet Malone 6 episodes 2017–19 GLOW Birdie 2 episodes 2017 Curb Your Enthusiasm Marilyn 2018 Sharp Objects Jackie O'Neill 8 episodes 2019 Corporate The Accountant Episode: "The Expense Report" 2019–21 The Moodys Ann MoodyMain role 2019–20 Truth Be Told Melanie Cave 2022 Barry Diane Villa 3 episodes 2023 The Afterparty Isabel Minnows Main role (Season 2) Minx Constance 7 episodes The Morning Show Elena Episode: "Update Your Priors" 2026 Big Mistakes Annette 5 episodes Cry Wolf

Awards and nominations