Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Jill Eikenberry

Highest Rated: 94% Between the Lines (1977)

Lowest Rated: 15% Something Borrowed (2011)

Birthday: Jan 21, 1947

Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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.

Show Less Show More

Highest rated movies

94% 52% Between the Lines
Watchlist
89% 73% An Unmarried Woman
Watchlist 86% 77% Arthur Watchlist
80% 48% Hide in Plain Sight
Watchlist 80% 49% Young Adult Watchlist
50% 45% The Manhattan Project
Watchlist
50% 31% Suburban Girl
Watchlist
33% 51% Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Watchlist
22% 53% Manna From Heaven
Watchlist
15% 48% Something Borrowed
Watchlist
View All Jill Eikenberry photos

Jill Eikenberry

Jill Eikenberry Jill Eikenberry at arrivals for YOUNG ADULT Premiere, The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, NY December 8, 2011. Photo By: F. Burton Patrick/Everett Collection BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS, from left: William Katt, Jill Eikenberry, 1979, TM & Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS, from left: Jill Eikenberry, Tom Berenger, 1979. ©20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, TM & Copyright HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT, Danny Aiello, Jill Eikenberry, James Caan, 1980, (c) MGM ARTHUR, Jill Eikenberry, Dudley Moore, 1981, (c) Orion SUBURBAN GIRL, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jill Eikenberry, 2007. ©Image Entertainment YOUNG ADULT, from left: Charlize Theron, Richard Bekins, Jill Eikenberry, 2011. ph: Phillip V. Caruso/©Paramount Pictures HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT, Andy Fenwick, James Caan, Heather Bicknell, Jill Eikenberry, 1980, (c) MGM HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT, Jill Eikenberry, 1980, (c) MGM View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 89% Chantilly Bridge Unknown (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Reality Aunt Doreen (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 67% Keep in Touch Barbara (Character) - 2015
80% 49% Young Adult Hedda Gary (Character) $16.3M 2011
15% 48% Something Borrowed Bridget Thaler (Character) $39.0M 2011
50% 31% 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% 53% 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
No Score Yet 60% 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
No Score Yet 87% Parallel Lives Lula Sparks (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 95% 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
No Score Yet 56% My Boyfriend's Back Debbie McGuire (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cast the First Stone Diane Martin (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 21% 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% 45% 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% 77% Arthur Susan Johnson (Character) - 1981
80% 48% Hide in Plain Sight Alisa/Ali (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Swan Song Anna (Character) - 1980
33% 51% 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% 73% An Unmarried Woman Claire (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 33% A Night Full of Rain Unknown (Character) - 1978
94% 52% Between the Lines Lynn (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deadliest Season Carole Eskanazi (Character) - 1977

TV

Credit
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