Illeana Douglas was born on July 25, 1965 in Quincy, Massachusetts. She is an Emmy award-nominated American actress.

She is known for his role in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991), her role as singer/songwriter Denise Waverly in Allison Anders' Grace of My Heart (1996), and her roles in To Die For (1995) and Ghost World (2001).

On TV, Douglas appeared on The Larry Sanders Show, starred in the series Action (1999), Seinfeld, Frasier, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and on HBO TV-series Six Feet Under.

In 2006 she starred in the Lifetime TV Movie Not Like Everyone Else. Her latest credits include The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008) and Otis (2008).

She was dated with Martin Scorsese. Douglas married Jonathan Axelrod in 1998 but they divorced in 2001.

Filmography

• April Showers (2009)
• Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2008)
• "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (1 episode, 2008)
• Otis (2008)
• The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
• "Ugly Betty" (3 episodes, 2007)
• Order Up (2007)
• The List (2007)
• "Shark" (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Expired (2007)
• Walk the Talk (2007)
• Osso Bucco (2007)
• Factory Girl (2006)
• Not Like Everyone Else (2006) (TV)
• "Crumbs" (1 episode, 2006)
• Women of a Certain Age (2006) (TV)
• Bondage (2006)
• The Californians (2005)
• "Six Feet Under" (2 episodes, 2001-2005)
• Alchemy (2005)
• Surviving Eden (2004)
• The Coven (2004) (TV)
• Missing Brendan (2003)
• The Kiss (2003) (V)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (3 episodes, 2002-2003)
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
• Point of Origin (2002) (TV)
• The New Guy (2002)
• Dummy (2002)
• "Strange Frequency" (1 episode, 2001)
• Ghost World (2001)
• "The Drew Carey Show" (2 episodes, 2001)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 2001)
• The Next Best Thing (2000)
• "Action" (12 episodes, 1999)
• Rockin' Roller Coaster (1999)
• Stir of Echoes (1999)
• Lansky (1999) (TV)
• "Brother's Keeper" (1 episode, 1999)
• Message in a Bottle (1999)
• Can't Stop Dancing (1999)
• Happy, Texas (1999)
• "Seinfeld" (1 episode, 1998)
• The Thin Pink Line (1998)
• Bella Mafia (1997) (TV)
• Hacks (1997)
• Rough Riders (1997) (TV)
• Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) (TV)
• Picture Perfect (1997)
• Flypaper (1997)
• Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
• Grace of My Heart (1996)
• Boy Crazy, Girl Crazier (1996)
• "The Single Guy" (1 episode, 1995)
• "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1 episode, 1995)
• To Die For (1995)
• Search and Destroy (1995)
• Judgement (1995)
• Quiz Show (1994)
• Grief (1993)
• Household Saints (1993)
• Alive (1993)
• The Perfect Woman (1993)
• Cape Fear (1991)
• Jungle Fever (1991)
• Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• New York Stories (1989) Friend
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• Hello Again (1987)

Awards

• Golden Satellite Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) "Action" 1999