Rosie O'Donnell
Biography
Rosie O'Donnell is an American comedian, actress, and television host. Born in Commack, New York, she began performing stand-up as a teenager and broke through on Star Search in 1984. After early sitcom work and a stint as a VH1 veejay, she made her feature debut in A League of Their Own (1992) and appeared in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), The Flintstones (1994), Beautiful Girls (1996), and Tarzan (1999), providing the voice of Terk. From 1996 to 2002 she hosted The Rosie O'Donnell Show, which won several Daytime Emmy Awards and gave her the nickname Queen of Nice. She later moderated The View from 2006 to 2007, hosted Rosie Radio from 2009 to 2011 and The Rosie Show from 2011 to 2012, and starred on SMILF from 2017 to 2019. She is also the author of memoirs including Find Me and Celebrity Detox.
64years old
Turns 65 on March 21in 131 days
- Born Commack
- Star sign: AriesFirst day of the sign, on the Pisces cusp
- Roseanne Teresa O'Donnell (birth name)Also credited as Roseann O'Donnell and Roseann Teresa O'Donnell
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 32 years1992 to 2024
Genres
- Comedy63%, 12 films
- Drama42%, 8 films
- Documentary32%, 6 films
- Family26%, 5 films
- Animation11%, 2 films
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A role that slipped away
O'Donnell was considered for Mary Sanderson in Disney's Hocus Pocus, but Kathy Najimy got the role. On her blog, O'Donnell said she declined the offer to work with Bette Midler since she would not play a frightening evil witch.
A role that slipped away
Rosie O'Donnell was one of the performers considered for the part of Elaine Benes on the sitcom Seinfeld, though she did not end up playing the role.
Getting ready for a role
For her role as Pepper O'Leary on Empire, a tough criminal who shared a cell with Cookie Lyon, O'Donnell hired an acting coach and said she prepared for it like nothing else in her career.
Rosie O'Donnell movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Rob Reiner's page
Gaby Hoffmann's page
Rita Wilson's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Meg Ryan's page
Also two films together7 more actors
- MadonnaI'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005) and A League of Their Own (1992)
- Dan LauriaWide Awake (1998) and Another Stakeout (1993)
- Billy EichnerOutstanding: A Comedy Revolution (2024) and Hairspray Live! (2016)
- Fran BrillBeing Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011) and Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
- Kevin ClashBeing Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011) and Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
- Tyra BanksTeenage Paparazzo (2010) and Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
- Jackie RichardsonHarriet the Spy (1996) and Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Rosie O'Donnell's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
10 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$448M35.5% of the total
- 2$342M27.1% of the total
- 3$228M18.0% of the total
- 4$132M10.5% of the total
- 5$30M2.4% of the total
- 6$27M2.2% of the total
- 7$27M2.1% of the total
- 8$27M2.1% of the total
$1.5 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Ten awards and honors from 1997 to 2014, seven of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2002 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Won |
| 2001 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Won |
| 2000 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Won |
| 1999 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Won |
| 1998 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Won |
| 1997 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Won |
| Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | Isabelle Stevenson Award | Won | |
| 2002 | Lucy Award | Won | |
| Drama League Award | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.