Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020). She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage.
144 movies · 50 shows
Breakdown: 1975
2025·6.8
This Ordinary Thing
2025·0.0
Duse, the Greatest
2025·0.0
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
2024·4.5
Mother, Couch
2024·5.6
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
2024·0.0
The Exorcist: Believer
2023·5.8
Three Months
2022·7.1
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021·8.0
Queen Bees
2021·6.0
Watch on the Rhine
2021·0.0
Pieces of a Woman
2020·7.0
Delphine and Carole
2020·6.5
Lucy in the Sky
2019·5.0
American Woman
2019·4.9
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
2019·0.0
The House of Tomorrow
2019·6.8
Friedkin Uncut
2018·7.1
Nostalgia
2018·5.4
All I Wish
2018·5.5
The Tale
2018·7.1
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
2017·3.5
Wiener-Dog
2016·5.6
Custody
2016·6.9
Unity
2015·7.5
About Scout
2015·5.9
The Age of Adaline
2015·7.5
Interstellar
2014·8.5
The Calling
2014·5.9
Petals on the Wind
2014·6.6
Two Men in Town
2014·5.5
Draft Day
2014·6.7
River of Fundament
2014·5.9
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014·6.8
Flowers in the Attic
2014·6.7
Wish You Well
2013·6.3
Love, Marilyn
2013·6.6
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012·5.5
Another Happy Day
2011·5.5
The Mighty Macs
2011·5.2
Reflections of a Philosopher King
2010·0.0
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010·0.0
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010·0.0
Main Street
2010·4.6
According to Greta
2009·6.0
Lovely, Still
2009·6.6
PoliWood
2009·6.5
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009·6.6
W.
2008·6.1
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008·5.3
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007·3.0
The Stone Angel
2007·5.4
The Fountain
2006·6.9
30 Days
2006·2.8
The Wicker Man
2006·4.3
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006·6.9
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006·6.6
The Elephant King
2006·5.9
Mrs. Harris
2006·5.8
Our Fathers
2005·6.5
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004·7.0
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004·4.7
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
2004·10.0
A Decade Under the Influence
2003·7.9
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003·7.1
Brush with Fate
2003·6.0
Red Dragon
2002·7.0
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002·6.1
Within These Walls
2001·5.6
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
2001·7.0
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
2001·5.0
Requiem for a Dream
2000·8.0
Mermaid
2000·6.7
The Yards
2000·6.2
Walking Across Egypt
1999·4.9
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999·7.7
Night Ride Home
1999·5.8
Playing by Heart
1998·6.6
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998·7.9
You Can Thank Me Later
1998·5.8
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998·7.4
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998·5.3
Flash
1997·8.2
Deceiver
1997·6.0
A Deadly Vision
1997·5.6
Timepiece
1996·7.0
The Spitfire Grill
1996·6.5
How to Make an American Quilt
1995·6.4
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995·5.4
Follow The River
1995·7.3
My Brother's Keeper
1995·1.0
Roommates
1995·5.7
Trick of the Eye
1994·6.4
Getting Gotti
1994·5.0
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994·6.6
Getting Out
1994·5.2
Roots of Roe
1993·7.0
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
1993·4.3
The Cemetery Club
1993·5.5
Earth and the American Dream
1992·6.7
When It Was a Game 2
1992·9.0
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992·8.0
Picture This
1991·9.5
Grand Isle
1991·4.6
Dying Young
1991·6.7
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991·5.1
When You Remember Me
1990·6.1
The Color of Evening
1990·6.0
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989·0.0
Hello Actors Studio
1988·6.7
Hanna's War
1988·5.2
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987·7.1
Pack of Lies
1987·6.8
Something in Common
1986·6.0
Act of Vengeance
1986·5.7
Into Thin Air
1985·7.4
Twice in a Lifetime
1985·5.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
Surviving
1985·5.0
The Ambassador
1985·5.2
I Love Liberty
1982·0.0
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
Silence of the North
1981·7.0
People vs. Jean Harris
1981·0.0
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981·6.1
Resurrection
1980·6.5
A Dream of Passion
1978·6.2
Same Time, Next Year
1978·6.5
Providence
1977·6.6
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974·7.0
Harry and Tonto
1974·7.1
Thursday's Game
1974·6.5
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974·7.7
The Exorcist
1973·7.7
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972·5.9
The Last Picture Show
1971·7.6
Alex in Wonderland
1970·5.5
Tropic of Cancer
1970·4.8
Pit Stop
1969·6.8
Goodbye Charlie
1964·5.8
For Those Who Think Young
1964·5.7
Ricochet
1961·0.0
The Christmas Tree
1958·2.0
Easy Out?
1948·0.0