ACTOR

Ellen Barkin

1954 - Today

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Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film Diner, and in the following years, she had starring roles in films such as Tender Mercies (1983), Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), The Big Easy (1986), Johnny Handsome, and Sea of Love (both 1989). In 1991, for her leading role in the film Switch, Barkin received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Barkin has received more than 10,538,568 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Ellen Barkin is the 1,218th most popular actor (up from 1,418th in 2019), the 2,096th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,482nd in 2019) and the 571st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ellen Barkin ranks 1,218 out of 13,578Before her are Jean Sorel, Lee Byung-hun, Clive Owen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Lyudmila Gurchenko, and Jonathan Frakes. After her are Farley Granger, Julian Glover, David Prowse, Kate Beckinsale, Marina Berti, and Leslie Caron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ellen Barkin ranks 80Before her are Oscar, Filip Vujanović, Jeffrey Sachs, Mango, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, and Jermaine Jackson. After her are Jane Campion, Juande Ramos, Anthony Minghella, Mirza Delibašić, Michael Emerson, and Gabi Ashkenazi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Barkin ranks 2,096 out of 20,380Before her are Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Don Walsh (1931), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Jonathan Frakes (1952), Leo McCarey (1898), and Fredric Jameson (1934). After her are Farley Granger (1925), Jesse Douglas (1897), George Roy Hill (1921), Ornette Coleman (1930), Steve Perry (1949), and Bob Kahn (1938).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ellen Barkin ranks 571Before her are Paul Rudd (1969), Donald Glover (1983), Veronica Lake (1922), William Petersen (1953), Jennifer Lawrence (1990), and Jonathan Frakes (1952). After her are Farley Granger (1925), Josh Brolin (1968), Kurtwood Smith (1943), Michael Jeter (1952), Alex Borstein (1971), and Jim Parsons (1973).

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