Jill Eikenberry
A stately leading lady who projects intelligence, Jill Eikenberry became famous as the female law partner Ann Kelsey on the long-running NBC drama "L.A. Law" (1986-94), alongside her real-life husband Michael Tucker. Born in Connecticut and raised in Wisconsin and Missouri, Eikenberry was studying anthropology when a friend encouraged her to audition at Yale. By 1970, Eikenberry was a member of the Arena Stage where she met Tucker (whom she married in 1973). Within a few years, the couple had relocated to Manhattan where Eikenberry made her Broadway debut in "All Over Town" (1974), directed by Dustin Hoffman. She garnered praise for her performance as Kate, who dreams of a career as lawyer for the Justice Department, in Wendy Wasserstein's "Uncommon Women and Others" (which she reprised in a 1978 PBS broadcast) and for her musical turn as suffragette Victoria Woodhull in "Onward, Victoria" (1980). Eikenberry earned an OBIE Award for her work in "Lemon Sky" and "Life Under Water" in 1986.
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Jill Eikenberry
Filmography
Movies
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Chantilly Bridge | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Reality | Aunt Doreen (Character) | - | 2018 |
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Keep in Touch | Barbara (Character) | - | 2015 |
80% |
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Young Adult | Hedda Gary (Character) | $16.3M | 2011 |
15% |
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Something Borrowed | Bridget Thaler (Character) | $39.0M | 2011 |
50% |
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Suburban Girl | Marlene Eisenberg (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Happiest Day of His Life | Penny Somerset, mother of the groom (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Law: The Movie | Ann Kelsey (Character) | - | 2002 |
22% |
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Manna From Heaven | Dottie (Character) | $505.7K | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gone in a Heartbeat | Jan Hale (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Very Best Friend | Barbara (Character) | - | 1996 |
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The Other Woman | Tessa Bryan (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dare to Love | Alicia Wells (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without Consent | Michelle Mills (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rugged Gold | Martha Martin (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapped and Deceived | Michelle Mills (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Parallel Lives | Lula Sparks (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Chantilly Lace | Val (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Town Torn Apart | Ellen Kreiger (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Inconvenient Woman | Pauline Mendelson (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Living a Lie | Joanne (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Runaway Heart | Bunny (Character) | - | 1990 |
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My Boyfriend's Back | Debbie McGuire (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cast the First Stone | Diane Martin (Character) | - | 1989 |
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A Stoning in Fulham County | Susan (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Assault and Matrimony | Sylvia (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Sins | Kate Williams (Character) | - | 1987 |
50% |
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The Manhattan Project | Elizabeth Stephens (Character) | $3.8M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Law | Ann Kelsey (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sessions | Maggie (Character) | - | 1983 |
86% |
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Arthur | Susan Johnson (Character) | - | 1981 |
80% |
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Hide in Plain Sight |
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swan Song | Anna (Character) | - | 1980 |
33% |
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Mary Parker (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rush It | Merrill (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Orphan Train | Emma Symms (Character) | - | 1979 |
89% |
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An Unmarried Woman | Claire (Character) | - | 1978 |
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A Night Full of Rain | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
94% |
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Between the Lines | Lynn (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deadliest Season | Carole Eskanazi (Character) | - | 1977 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2018 |
76% | 61% | Body of Proof | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Susan Doran (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Law | Ann Kelsey (Character) | 1986-1994 |
97% | 85% | Hill Street Blues | Sarah Fimpel (Guest Star) | 1984 |