Illeana Douglas (born July 25, 1965) is an American actress.
Douglas was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. She is the granddaughter of the actor Melvyn Douglas, and has said that his performance in Being There, in particular, was influential on her own career. She is known for her part in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991)–one of four Scorsese films in which she has appeared–plus her starring role as singer-songwriter Denise Waverly in Allison Ander...
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Illeana Douglas (born July 25, 1965) is an American actress.
Douglas was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. She is the granddaughter of the actor Melvyn Douglas, and has said that his performance in Being There, in particular, was influential on her own career. She is known for her part in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991)–one of four Scorsese films in which she has appeared–plus her starring role as singer-songwriter Denise Waverly in Allison Anders' Grace of My Heart (1996) and supporting roles in To Die For (1995) and Ghost World (2001).
On television, Douglas appeared briefly as Garry Shandling's love interest on The Larry Sanders Show, starred in the series Action (1999) with Jay Mohr, guest starred on both Seinfeld and Frasier and has played a public defender on several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002 and 2003. She appeared in two episodes of the critically acclaimed HBO TV-series Six Feet Under, both of which earned Emmy nominations for Guest Actress in a...
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