{"id":6575,"count":1,"description":"Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, a\u00a0Tony Award, a\u00a0Drama Desk Award, two\u00a0Obie Awards, and two\u00a0Outer Critics Circle Awards.\n\nHer most acclaimed film role was in\u00a0The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress\u00a0as well as an\u00a0American Comedy Award, a\u00a0Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a\u00a0Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a\u00a0Golden Globe.\n\nRuehl is known for her leading performance in the play\u00a0Lost in Yonkers\u00a0(1990) and supporting performance in the film\u00a0The Fisher King\u00a0(1991). Her other film credits include\u00a0Big\u00a0(1988),\u00a0Married to the Mob\u00a0(1988),\u00a0Last Action Hero\u00a0(1993),\u00a0Roseanna's Grave\u00a0(1997), and\u00a0Hustlers\u00a0(2019).  She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in\u00a0HBO's\u00a0Entourage.","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/actor\/mercedes-ruehl\/","name":"Mercedes Ruehl","slug":"mercedes-ruehl","taxonomy":"actor","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor\/6575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/actor"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie?actor=6575"},{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?actor=6575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}