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Illeana Douglas is a Actor, Director and Executive producer American born on 25 july 1961 at Massachusetts (USA)

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas
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Birth name Illeana Hesselberg
Nationality USA
Birth 25 july 1961 (62 years) at Massachusetts (USA)

Illeana Hesselberg, most commonly known as Illeana Douglas, (born July 25, 1965) is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer. Douglas has had a long-ranging diverse career as a character actor with a specialty in comedy. Notable works include work in a 2001 episode of Six Feet Under – for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and won the Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series award from OFTA, the Online Film & Television Association – and her work in the TV series Action opposite Jay Mohr – for which she won a Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She can currently be seen on Turner Classic Movies where she hosts broadcasted specials focused on unheralded women directors from film history.

Biography

From 1989 until 1997, Douglas was the companion of director Martin Scorsese. On 16 May 1998, she married producer and writer Jonathan Axelrod, the stepson of producer George Axelrod; they divorced in 2001. Douglas said that the period after her divorce was difficult both emotionally and financially, and that she relocated from living in Los Angeles to the New York area, where she took classes at her former school, the Neighborhood Playhouse, and worked in theater. She also began writing and directing.

Douglas is a vegetarian. She was named after a deposed Romanian princess, Princess Illeana.

Best films

Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle
(1999)
(Actress) Ghost World
Ghost World
(2001)
(Actress)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Illeana Douglas (56 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2016Max RoseActressJenny Flowers
2016The Late BloomerActressLinda
2015Road HardActressKim Madsen
2015Return to SenderActressJudy
2014She's Funny That WayActressJudy
2014The Boxcar ChildrenActressMary (voice)
2013A Country ChristmasActressSusan Satcher
2011The GreenActressTrish
2009April ShowersActressSally
2009Life Is Hot in CracktownActressMommy
2008OtisActressKate Lawson
2008The Year of Getting to Know UsActressChristine Jacobson
2007ExpiredActressWilma
2007Walk the TalkActressJill
2006Factory GirlActressDiana Vreeland
2006PittsburghActressSelf
2006The BondageActressElaine Edwards
2006Not Like Everyone ElseActressToni Blackbear
2005AlchemyActressKJ
2005The CaliforniansActressOlive Ransom
2004Stories of Lost SoulsActress, DirectorHerself
2003The KissActressJoyce Rothman
2002The New GuyActressKiki Pierce
2002The Adventures of Pluto NashActressDr. Mona Zimmer
2002DummyActressHeidi Schoichet
2002Life Without DickProducer
2002Point of OriginActressKate
2001Ghost WorldActressRoberta Allsworth
2000The Next Best ThingActressElizabeth Ryder
1999Can't Stop DancingActressAnita Dick
1999Happy, TexasActressDoreen Schaefer
1999Message in a BottleActressLina Paul
1999Stir of EchoesActressLisa Weil
1999LanskyActressAnna Lansky
1998FlypaperActressLaura
1998The Thin Pink LineActressJulia Bullock
1997Chasing AmyActressAlyssa's Roommate (uncredited)
1997HacksActressGeorgia
1997Picture PerfectActressDarcy
1997Weapons of Mass DistractionActressRita Pascoe
1997Bella MafiaActressTeresa Scorpio Luciano
1997Rough RidersActressEdith Roosevelt
1997PitchActressHerself
1996Grace of My HeartActressDenise Waverly / Edna Buxton
1996Wedding Bell BluesActressJasmine
1995To Die ForActressJanice Maretto
1995Search and DestroyActressMarie Davenport
1994Quiz ShowActressWoman at Book Party
1993AliveActressLilliana Methol
1993Household SaintsActressEvelyn Santangelo
1991Cape FearActressLori Davis
1991Guilty by SuspicionActressNan
1990GoodFellasActressRosie
1989New York StoriesActressPaulette’s Friend
1988The Last Temptation of ChristActressCrowd Member (voice)
1987Hello AgainActressMother in Park