Personal Info
Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
Biography
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Nana Project
as Nana
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)
Hustlers
as Mother
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
as Self
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
as Self
Chu and Blossom
as Mrs. Fefterg
Doubt
as Mrs. Syd Newman
Star Spangled Banners
as Rosalind Banner
Doctors of the Dark Side
as Narrator
Goldstar, Ohio
as Adriana Rock
TV Shows
Accused
as Connie · 1 ep.
New Amsterdam
as Grace · 1 ep.
Bull
as Judge Hudson · 2 ep.
Life in Pieces
as Mia · 1 ep.
The Mysteries of Laura
as Val Santiani · 1 ep.
Monday Mornings
as Judge Beverly Natheson · 1 ep.
2 Broke Girls
as Olga · 1 ep.
Psych
as Detective Goochberg · 1 ep.
Entourage
as Rita Chase · 2 ep.
NCIS
as Marie Quinn · 1 ep.
