Biography
Perkins was a seasoned stage actress in both New York City and Chicago and a regular supporting player in some well-received films like "About Last Night" (1986), but her appearances in a growing number of made-for-TV movies seemed likely to snuff out the potential of the woman who was named Screen World's "Most Promising Actress" in 1986. Perkins beat the odds in 2005 with "Weeds;" finally being given the opportunity to showcase her range and …
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Career Milestones
| Moved to New York City | ||
| Raised on her maternal grandmother's 600-acre farm in Guilford, VT | ||
1981 | Performed at Chicago's Goodman and North Light theaters | |
1983 | First appeared on the New York stage in the Off-Broadway play "The Arbor" | |
1983 | Landed a role in the touring company of "Brighton Beach Memoirs"; made Broadway debut the following year in the same part | |
1985 | Appeared in the New York Shakespeare Festival staging of "Measure for Measure" in Central Park | |
1986 | Made her film debut in Edward Zwick's "About Last Night..."; played Demi Moore's cynical friend | |
1988 | Breakthrough feature role as the toy company co-worker of Tom Hanks in "Big" | |
1990 | Cast as Aidan Quinn's wife in Barry Levinson's "Avalon" | |
1991 | Co-starred with Kevin Bacon, as rival reporters, in the romantic comedy "He Said, She Said" | |
1991 | Portrayed a cancer patient who forms a bond with William Hurt's title character in "The Doctor" | |
1993 | Joined Mike Binder's ensemble film "Indian Summer"; also co-starring Diane Lane, Bill Paxton and Alan Arkin | |
1993 | Made television debut in the TV-movie "For Their Own Good" (ABC) | |
1994 | Played Wilma to John Goodman's Fred in the live-action version of "The Flintstones" | |
1995 | Acted onstage in Los Angeles production of John Patrick Shanley's "Four Dogs and a Bone"; helmed by film director Larry Kasdan | |
1995 | Appeared in the female-driven ensemble "Moonlight and Valentino" | |
1997 | Played the lead role in "Mamusha," a segment of Showtime's "Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women" | |
1998 | Portrayed Marilyn Lovell in "The Original Wives Club" episode (directed by Sally Field) of the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" | |
1999 | Appeared in "Crazy in Alabama", directed by Antonio Banderas | |
1999 | Offered a convincing turn as a committed AIDS activist in the grim "I'm Losing You" | |
2000 | Co-starred in the "1961" segment of HBO's "If These Walls Could Talk 2" | |
2000 | Played Sandra Bullock's beleaguered older sister in "28 Days" | |
2000 | TV series debut as regular, playing the captain of a police precinct in the short-lived NBC sitcom "Battery Park" | |
2001 | Starred opposite Jeff Goldblum in the live-action/animated "Cats & Dogs" | |
2003 | Cast as the voice of Coral in the animated hit "Finding Nemo" | |
2004 | Starred as a drunken mother in the indie film "Kids in America" | |
2005 | Cast as Celia Hodes, upstanding PTA mother on the Showtime series "Weeds"; earned Golden Globe (2006, 2007) and Emmy (2006, 2007, 2009) nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | |
2005 | Played a Psychologist in the thriller "The Ring 2" | |
2005 | Starred as Diane Lane's sister in the romantic comedy "Must Love Dogs" | |
2007 | Once again starred opposite Diane Lane in Griffin Dunne's "Fierce People" | |
2009 | Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series | |
Awards
2005 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Weeds |
2006 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Weeds |
2006 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Weeds |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Weeds |
2007 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Weeds |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Weeds |
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Weeds |