Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins belongs to that invaluable class of actors who make everything around them better without demanding the spotlight. Watch Big again and notice how much of the film's emotional logic runs through her — the adult world that Hanks's character crashes into only works because she grounds it. From Queens to DePaul's theater program to four decades across film, television, stage, and voice work, hers is a craftsman's career rather than a celebrity's. I have a deep soft spot for performers like this: reliable, precise, quietly versatile. The industry tends to celebrate stars, but it is built on actors like Perkins, and I think she deserves far more recognition.

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Name (English)

Elizabeth Perkins

Name (Japanese)

エリザベス・パーキンス

Reading

えりざべす・ぱーきんす

Born

November 18, 1960 (age 65)

Origin

Queens, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

University

DePaul University

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://elizabeth-perkins.org
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/elizabethperkins/
• Xhttps://x.com/elizbethperkins
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Perkins
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B6%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232047

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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