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...
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The Fisher King
As Anne
Doctors of the Dark Side
As Narrator
Big
As Mrs. Baskin
Married to the Mob
As Connie Russo
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
As Sylvia Guerrero
The Minus Man
As Jane
Another You
As Elaine
Last Action Hero
As Irene Madigan
Lost in Yonkers
As Bella Kurnitz
More Dogs Than Bones
As Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
84 Charing Cross Road
As Kay
Crazy People
As Dr. Liz Baylor
Roseanna's Grave
As Roseanna
Slaves of New York
As Samantha
Bad Apple
As Lorraine Gibbons
Zeyda and the Hitman
As Esther
Out of the Cold
As Tina
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
As Jane Newhall
The Nana Project
As Nana
The Amati Girls
As Grace
Guilt by Association
As Susan Walker
On Hope
The Lost Child
As Rebecca
Disclosure
As Self (archive footage)
Chu and Blossom
As Mrs. Fefterg
The Secret of My Success
As Sheila
Mom's On Strike
As Sandy
Widows
As Dolly Rawlins
Loving Leah
As Janice
Mom at Sixteen
As Terry Jeffries
Twisted
As Cybelle
Doubt
As Mrs. Syd Newman
Gia
As Kathleen Carangi
What's Cooking?
As Elizabeth Avila
Crimes and Misdemeanors
As Party Guest (uncredited)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
As Lael Rubin
The Warriors
As Policewoman
People Not Places
Leader of the Band
As Miss Cooper
North Shore Fish
As Florence
Spooky House
As Boss
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
As Self
Heartburn
As Eve
Goldstar, Ohio
As Adriana Rock
Hustlers
As Mother
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
As Self
Subway Stories
As Leyla (segment "Underground")
Radio Days
As Ad Man
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
As American girl in casino
Four Friends
As Woman in Taxi
Star Spangled Banners
As Rosalind Banner
Kate & Allie
Law & Order
As Zina Rybakov
The Cosby Show
As Bernadette Foley
Entourage
As Rita Chase
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
As Self - Guest
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Rebecca
The Oscars
As Self
ABC Afterschool Special
As Sandy
Widows
As Dolly Rawlins
2 Broke Girls
As Olga
Frasier
As Kate Costas
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
As Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As Lucia Barba
Monday Mornings
As Judge Beverly Natheson
Life in Pieces
As Mia
New Amsterdam
As Grace
NCIS
As Marie Quinn
Bull
As Judge Tessa Hudson
Psych
As Detective Goochberg
The Mysteries of Laura
As Val Santiani