Jeannie Berlin
Jeannie Berlin is an American film, television and stage actress and screenwriter, known for her role in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid, for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. She later played the leading role in Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York, and in the 2000s returned to screen appearing in films such as Margaret, Inherent Vice and Cafe Society, as well as the miniseries The Night Of. In 2018 she played the President of the United States in the series The First.
Early life
Born in Los Angeles, California, Berlin is the daughter of actress Elaine May and inventor Marvin May. Elaine May directed Berlin in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid, which garnered her Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.Career
Jeannie chose to use her mother's maiden name for her stage name.Berlin's performance in the 1972 feature film The Heartbreak Kid garnered her Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Additional screen credits during the 1970s included Getting Straight, The Strawberry Statement, Portnoy's Complaint, and the leading role in Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York. She also had a leading role in "Old Fashioned Murder", a 1976 episode of Columbo. After an extended absence of several decades from acting in films, she has recently appeared in prominent works such as Margaret, Inherent Vice, and Café Society. She received positive reviews for her performance as prosecutor Helen Weiss in the HBO miniseries The Night Of in 2016.
Berlin made her Broadway theatre debut in May's play After the Night and the Music in 2005. In 2012, she appeared in the play Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | In Name Only | Heather | |
| 1970 | Getting Straight | Judy Kramer | |
| 1970 | The Strawberry Statement | Girl with Clipboard | |
| 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Girl in Orphanage | |
| 1970 | Move | ||
| 1970 | The Baby Maker | Charlotte | |
| 1971 | Two on a Bench | Harriet | |
| 1972 | Portnoy's Complaint | Bubbles Girardi | |
| 1972 | Bone | The Girl | |
| 1972 | I figli chiedono perché | ||
| 1972 | The Heartbreak Kid | Lila Kolodny | New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| 1973 | Why? | The Junkie | |
| 1975 | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Sheila Levine | |
| 1976 | Columbo | Janie Brandt | Episode: "Old Fashioned Murder" |
| 1990 | In the Spirit | Crystal | Also co-writer |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Risa Barbeko | Episode: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" |
| 2011 | Margaret | Emily | Village Voice Film Poll for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Indiewire Award for Best Supporting Performance |
| 2013 | My Friend Vijay | Mrs. Korokowski | |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice | Aunt Reet | |
| 2016 | Café Society | Rose | |
| 2016 | The Night Of | Helen Weiss | Miniseries |
| 2018 | The First | President Cecily Burke | |
| 2019 | Succession | Cyd Peach | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Hunters | Ruth Heidelbaum | Recurring role |