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, 1 brother
- 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 actresses Diane Lane and 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.
