Jeannie Berlin Biography

Fast Facts

• Inspired by her mother, writer/director Elaine May, to pursue a career in the entertainment industry
• First acted in a stage production of Rumpelstiltskin at the age of 14
• Attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for a short time
• Breakout role was in her mother's 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid, a part that earned her the New York Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Took a break from acting for more than 20 years before returning to film in 1990
• Starred as Frosty Moons in Elaine May's stage production Adult Entertainment at the Variety Arts Theatre in 2002
• Made her Broadway debut as Joanne in Elaine May's After the Night and the Music at the Biltmore Theatre in 2005
• Performed in a stage production of Other Desert Cities opposite JoBeth Williams, Robert Foxworth and Justin Long at the Mark Taper Forum in 2012
• Narrated the audiobook for Thomas Pynchon's 2013 novel Bleeding Edge