Illeana Douglas
Illeana Douglas
Illeana Hesselberg, most commonly known as Illeana Douglas,is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer. Douglas has had a long-ranging diverse career as a character actor with a specialty in comedy. Notable works include work in a 2001 episode of Six Feet Under – for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and won the Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series award from OFTA, the Online Film & Television Association –...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth25 July 1965
CityQuincy, MA
The Adventures of Pluto Nash, by the time it came out, it was completely different from what we had signed up for. I don't know what happened.
My mom was a schoolteacher, and when I read the script, I saw her leaping out at me. It's actually her dress I'm wearing in the opening scenes.
We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans.
I often take clothes from my mom's closet, because she was a Simplicity pattern model in the 1950s and loves clothes. She's also a total pack rat.
I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.
I'm a huge poster collector.
The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.
In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.
I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
I like doing movies that relate to people's experience.
God only knows what else is on the web about me.
I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress.
When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.
I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.