Biography
Olympia Dukakis was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, in some 60 films, and in approximately 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1988
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 1987
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
- Obie Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1988 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Fire in the Dark
Olympia
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Simpsons
Frasier
Tales of the City
Charlie's War
Bored to Death
Touched by an Angel
Steel Magnolias
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Away from Her
Numb3rs
And Never Let Her Go
Mr. Holland's Opus
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
The Pentagon Wars
The Wanderers
Death Wish
Not to Forget
Tales of the City
Montana Amazon
Moonstruck
The Infiltrator
Mighty Aphrodite
Sisters
Working Girl
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Cloudburst
Dad
Lilith
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Jeffrey
Look Who's Talking
Great Performances
Sex & Violence
In the Land of Women
Picture Perfect
The Event
Change in the Air
Big Driver
Emily & Tim
The Idolmaker
Mafia!
I Love Trouble
The Cemetery Club
Look Who's Talking Too
Look Who's Talking Now