American actress Ellen Barkin was born on April 16, 1954.

She has been active in the world of television and film, and in 2011 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in the Broadway production "The Normal Heart."

She also appears in the film "This Boy's Life" as the mother of the main character played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and in "Ocean's Thirteen" as the right-hand woman of a hotel tycoon.