Fact File
•• Birth Name: Elizabeth Ann Perkins
•• Celeb Name: Elizabeth Perkins
•• Nicknames: Liz, Perky.
•• Height: 5′ 8″ = 1.73m
•• Hair Color: Black.
•• Eye Color: Amber.
•• Western Zodiac: Scorpio.
•• Chinese Horoscope: Rat.
•• Nationality: American.
•• Birth Date: November 18, 1960
•• Birth Place: Flushing, Queens, NY.
•• Education: Northfield Mount Herman Prep School Northfield, Massachusetts and Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University Chicago, Illinois.
•• Ex Husband: Terry Kinney (married on March 27, 1984, divorced and co-founder of the Steppenwolf Theater Company)
•• Husband: Julio Macat (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1958. They are together from 1993; in February 2000, announced plans to marry. Married on June 17, 2000.
•• Daughter: Hannah Jo Phillips (born on September 1, 1991)
•• Step-sons: Three sons Maximillian (born on March 15, 1989) and twins Alexander & Andreas (born on September 01, 1991)
•• Father: James (Jim) Perkins (divorced from Elizabeth’s mother in 1963)
•• Mother: Jo Williams
•• Siblings: 2 sisters
•• Grandparents: Greek immigrants who anglicized their surname from Pisperikos to Perkins therefore She is of Greek extraction.
•• Ex-Boyfriend: Maurice Phillips (Hannah’s father)
•• Claim to fame: as Susan in Big (1988)
Trivias
•• Her first role was Joan in the movie About Last Night with Demi Moore in 1986.
•• She is allergic to zucchini.
•• Married to Julio Macat in 17 June of 2000.
•• She has one child called Hannah Jo Phillips (born on Sept. 1, 1991), her father is Maurice Phillips.
•• She is 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
•• Her mother, was a carnival performer who was appearing at a Coney Island sideshow in the early 1960s when she was photographed by the great Diane Arbus. The Arbus portrait of Perkins’ mother appeared in “Look” Magazine in 1963.
•• She is best friends with actress Diane Lane & Megan Mullaly.
•• Graduated with a BFA acting certificate from DePaul University in Chicago in 1981.
•• She is of Greek extraction.
•• Played Opal in the original pilot for the tv show “M.Y.O.B.” (2000) but the role was later re-cast.
•• Listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1986” in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 38.
•• She is just as tall as Mary-Louise Parker, who she stars alongside in Weeds.
•• She graduated with a BFA acting certificate from DePaul University in Chicago in 1981.
•• She’s listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1986” in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 38.
