Jeannie Berlin

Born 1949 · American actress

Jeannie Berlin is an American actress. She is the daughter of Elaine May. She is best known for her role in the 1972 comedy film The Heartbreak Kid, for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress. She later played the leading role in Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975), and has acted in films such as Margaret (2011), Inherent Vice (2014), Café Society (2016), The Fabelmans (2022), and You Hurt My Feelings (2023). She also acted in the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016), the Amazon Prime series Hunters (2020), and the HBO series Succession (2019–2023).

Jeannie Berlin, in order

1970 Getting Straight: acted · directed by Richard Rush · critics 33%, audiences 41%
1970 Move: acted · directed by Stuart Rosenberg
1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: acted · directed by Vincente Minnelli
1970 The Baby Maker: acted · directed by James Bridges
1970 The Strawberry Statement: acted · directed by Stuart Hagmann
1972 Portnoy's Complaint: acted · directed by Ernest Lehman
1972 The Heartbreak Kid: acted · directed by Elaine May · critics 92%, audiences 73%
1975 Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York: acted · directed by Sidney J. Furie
1990 In the Spirit: acted · directed by Julian Schlossberg and Sandra Seacat · audiences 71%
2011 Margaret: acted · directed by Kenneth Lonergan
2013 Vijay and I: acted · directed by Sam Garbarski · audiences 47%
2014 Inherent Vice: acted · directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
2016 Café Society: acted · directed by Woody Allen · critics 70%, audiences 56% · streaming on Prime Video, Prime Video (free)
2016 The Night Of (TV series): acted · directed by Steven Zaillian
2022 The Fabelmans: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 92%, audiences 83% · streaming on Peacock, Fandango at Home (free)
2023 You Hurt My Feelings: acted · directed by Nicole Holofcener
2026 The Bride!: acted · directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal