Acting · age 72

Ellen Barkin

Best rated: Down by Law (7.6)

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Ellen Barkin, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak era

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198241 films2023

Current formLast 5: 5.92 vs career 6.06 (−0.14)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.06

39 rated films

Vote weighted

6.11

bigger films count more

Median

5.9

half are better

Consistency

±0.72

rating spread

Career

42y

1982 to 2023

Total votes

743K

across every film

Best

7.6

Down by Law

Worst

4.9

Operation: Endgame

Newest first

Acting filmography

2023	The Out-Laws	Lilly McDermott	5.4	42,449
2022	The Man from Toronto	The Handler	5.9	68,152
2021	Breaking News in Yuba County	Debbie	5.8	8,661
2016	Hands of Stone	Stephanie Arcel	6.6	18,847
2013	Very Good Girls	Norma	5.9	16,963
2011	Another Happy Day	Lynn	6.0	4,875
2010	Operation: Endgame	Empress	4.9	11,324
2010	Shit Year	Colleen West	·	383
2010	The Chameleon	Kimberly Miller	5.5	2,069
2010	Twelve	Jessica's Mother	5.6	13,016
2009	Brooklyn's Finest	Agent Smith	6.7	69,313
2009	Happy Tears	Shelly	5.2	1,679
2004	Palindromes	Joyce Victor	6.7	13,564
2004	She Hate Me	Margo Chadwick	5.3	8,604
2001	Someone Like You	Diane Roberts	6.1	28,046
2000	Mercy	Det. Cathy Palmer	5.3	2,644
2000	Crime + Punishment in Suburbia	Maggie Skolnick	5.8	3,494
1999	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Annette Atkins	6.7	45,838
1999	The White River Kid	Eva Nell La Fangroy	4.8	1,395
1996	The Fan	Jewel Stern	5.9	55,832

Better together?

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Takes

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