Amid an internet death hoax, netizens wonder what happened to Ellen Barkin. Here is more about the Diner actress and her health update.
Ellen Barkin is an American actress famous for acting in several successful films in her illustrious career.
Some of her hit movies include Tender Mercies, Eddie and the Cruisers, The Big Easy, Johnny Handsome, and Sea of Love.
Barkins was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her lead role in the 1991 film Switch.
For her role in the tv series, Before Women Had Wings, Barkin received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film.
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What Happened To Ellen Barkin?
As of February 2023, Ellen Barkins is fine, and nothing has happened to the actress.
The diva is the latest victim of the infamous celebrity death hoax on the internet.
Barkins is very active on social media and tweets several times daily. So, looking at those tweets, we can confirm that she is alive and kicking.
Look no further than her Twitter, @ellenbarkin, with 253K followers, which is very active currently.
Now and then, there have been several hoaxes about the death of an actor, which turned out to be false.
Victims of such death hoaxes are actors such as Matt Damon, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and many more.
Sometimes the hoaxes got such widespread attention that the actors themselves had to clarify that they were alive and well.
Ellen Barkin Parents And Family Background
Hollywood actress Ellen Barkin was born in the Bronx, New York, on April 16, 1954, to Evelyn and Sol Barkin.
Her mother, Evelyn (née), worked at Jamaica Hospital as an administrator, whereas her father, Sol Barkin, was a chemical salesman.
The Sol family is a Jewish family that emigrated from Siberia and the Russian-Polish border.
Ellen lived in Flushing, New York, and attended Parsons Junior High School.
She got her high-school diploma at Manhattan’s High School of Performing Arts, attended Hunter College, and double majored in history and drama.
Barkins considered being an ancient history teacher at one point. However, she continued acting classes at New York City’s Actors Studio.
According to an article by Time, she studied acting for 10 years before landing her first audition.
She had an uncredited role in the 1978 stoner-comedy Up in Smoke and had a proper film debut in the 1982 movie, Diner, aged 28.
Ellen Barkin Husband And Family
Ellen Barkin tied the knot with the actor Gabriel Byrne in 1988.
The couple had two children, Jack Baniel (born in 1989) and Romy Marion (born in 1992).
However, their marriage did not last long, as they separated in 1993 and divorced in 1999.
Despite their separation, Ellen and Gabriel maintain a close friendship. The latter even attended his ex-wife’s marriage second marriage ceremony.
Ellen married multi-billionaire businessman Ronald Perlman in 2000. They did not have any children.
It was reported that the marriage ended in divorce in 2006.
In 2007, Ellen sued Ronald for $3.4 million in investment funds he promised to invest in their film production company.
The suit ended after Perlman was ordered to pay $4.3 million to his ex-wife.
Besides her two marriages, Ellen had her name linked with several other Hollywood actors.
She was in a relationship with Johnny Depp in 1998 after they met while shooting Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Ellen also dated filmmaker Sam Levison from 2008 to 2011.
It was also reported that the actress was the reason for the breakup of Eric Roberts and Sandy Dennis.
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