Nancy Lenehan
Biography
Nancy Lenehan's television credits include My Name Is Earl (2005), Malcolm in the Middle (2000), Grace Under Fire (1993) and Ellen (1994). Series regular roles include Worst Week (2008) and Married to the Kellys (2003). Her feature film credits include Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Door to Door (2002). Lenehan regularly contributes to the charitable organization "Stitches from the Heart", which provides knitted items to those in need. She also plays tennis and is learning to play the cello. After attending Yankton College in South Dakota, Lenehan moved to California to pursue acting. She joined a comedy troupe in San Francisco, where she performed "Shakespeare in the Park" in Berkeley before heading to Los Angeles to begin her television and film career. She was born on Long Island, New York and raised in Florida. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her family.
73years old
Turns 74 on April 26in 195 days
- Born Long Island
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 36 years1988 to 2024
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First role
Lenehan's screen debut was in When She Was Bad..., a 1979 made-for-television movie that starred Cheryl Ladd. She went on to guest-star on Alice.
First role
Nancy Lenehan's first big screen part came in the 1980 action comedy Smokey and the Bandit II, where she played a supporting role.
Nancy Lenehan movies on Netflix
Night Swimas Kay
Self Relianceas Laurie
That's Amoras Lainie
Sex Tapeas Linda
A Better Lifeas Mrs. Donnelley
The Sellingas Mom…
Catch Me If You Canas Carol Strong
Door to Dooras Charlotte
Full Frontalas Woman on Plane
The Limeyas Lady on Plane
Out on a Limbas Miss Clayton
She's Having a Babyas Cynthia
The Great Outdoorsas Waitress
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Steven Soderbergh directed two of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.






Films together
Terence Stamp2 films together, 1999 to 2002
Terence Stamp's page Full Frontal2002IMDb rating 4.7Lenehan as Woman on PlaneStamp as Man on Plane / Himself
The Limey1999IMDb rating 6.9Lenehan as Lady on PlaneStamp as Wilson
Nicky Katt2 films together, 1999 to 2002
Nicky Katt's page Full Frontal2002IMDb rating 4.7Lenehan as Woman on PlaneKatt as Hitler
The Limey1999IMDb rating 6.9Lenehan as Lady on PlaneKatt as Stacy the Hitman
Larry Hankin2 films together, 1988 to 1992
Larry Hankin's page Out on a Limb1992IMDb rating 5.3Lenehan as Miss ClaytonHankin as Officer Darren
She's Having a Baby1988IMDb rating 6.0Lenehan as CynthiaHankin as Hank
Matthew Kimbrough2 films together, 1999 to 2002
Matthew Kimbrough's page Catch Me If You Can2002IMDb rating 8.1Lenehan as Carol StrongKimbrough as Loan Officer
The Limey1999IMDb rating 6.9Lenehan as Lady on PlaneKimbrough as Tom Johannson
Steven SoderberghDirector, 2 films, 1999 to 2002
All films by Steven Soderbergh Full Frontal2002IMDb rating 4.7Lenehan as Woman on Plane
The Limey1999IMDb rating 6.9Lenehan as Lady on Plane
Box office
What Nancy Lenehan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$603 million
9 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 9 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$352M58.4% of the total
- 2$126M20.9% of the total
- 3$55M9.1% of the total
- 4$43M7.2% of the total
- 5$16M2.7% of the total
- 6$3.4M0.6% of the total
- 7$3.2M0.5% of the total
- 8$1.8M0.3% of the total
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