Biography
Elizabeth Perkins is an American actress. Born on 18 November 1960 in Queens, New York, she trained at the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago and began her career in theatre, including a Broadway role in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs.
She made her film debut in About Last Night... (1986) and gained prominence with roles in Big (1988), Avalon (1990), The Flintstones (1994) and Miracle on 34th Street (1994). Other film credits include The Ring Two (2005) and voice work as Coral in Finding Nemo (2003).
On television, Perkins is known for playing Celia Hodes in the series Weeds (2005–2009), earning three Primetime Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. She has also appeared in How to Get Away with Murder and This Is Us. In 2025 she played Mrs. Winchester in the film The Housemaid.
