Ellen Barkin

WHAT SHE’S DOING: Playing a crimefamily matriarch on Animal Kingdom. “I’m being given the room to take some big chances,” Ellen says. “At my age, that’s rare. I love this job.”

WHAT SHE’S DONE: Steamed up the screen with Al Pacino in 1989’s Sea of Love. Says Ellen, “[He] gave me a level of confidence I certainly never would’ve had without him.”

TUNE IN! Animal Kingdom airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on TNT