Betsy Aidem
Biography
Betsy Aidem is an American actress who became interested in acting in high school and made her debut as a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Born in East Meadow, she began appearing on screen in the early 1980s, with an early part in A Little Sex (1982), and her later films include See You in the Morning (1989), A Vigilante (2019) and Aeris. On television she had a recurring role as Irene on The High Life and played Dr. Sloane in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and she appeared in two episodes of The Americans. Her stage work includes Steel Magnolias and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress; she was given an Obie Award in 2007 for sustained excellence Off-Broadway and earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play for Prayer for the French Republic. She has also directed, first with a 2018 production of A Doll's House, Part 2.
68years old
Turns 69 on October 28in 15 days
- Born East Meadow
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 37 years1982 to 2019
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Behind the camera
Aidem's first professional production as a stage director was the George Street Playhouse staging of Lucas Hnath's comedy A Doll's House, Part 2 in 2018.
First role
Aidem's interest in acting began during her high school years. She made her debut playing a fairy in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Behind the award
Aidem's Off-Broadway work earned her an Obie Award in 2007. The award recognized what the citation called her "sustained excellence of performance" in that theater.
Betsy Aidem movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kenneth Lonergan directed two of these films. Marceline Hugot appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Marceline Hugot's page
Allison Janney's page
Mark Ruffalo's page
Deirdre O'Connell's page
J. Smith-Cameron's page
All films by Kenneth Lonergan
Box office
What Betsy Aidem's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$46.3 million
8 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 11 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$27M59.2% of the total
- 2$11M24.2% of the total
- 3$4.8M10.4% of the total
- 4$1.9M4.2% of the total
- 5$727K1.6% of the total
- 6$114K0.2% of the total
- 7$83K0.2% of the total
- 8$46K0.1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.