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Talia Balsam

Talia Balsam

23 movies on Netflix

Biography

Talia Balsam is an American actress who was born in New York City into a family of actors, the daughter of Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten. She got her start with a recurring part on the ABC sitcom Happy Days, and she later appeared in such shows as Dallas, Taxi, Hill Street Blues, Family Ties, Magnum, P.I., and The Larry Sanders Show. She played leading film roles in Crawlspace (1986) and In the Mood (1987), and she appeared in made-for-television movies such as Kent State (1981), Nadia (1984), and Consenting Adult (1985). Through the 1990s and 2000s she kept taking supporting film parts and television work, among them The Cake Eaters (2007). From 2007 to 2014 she had a recurring role as Mona Sterling on the AMC drama Mad Men, and in 2012 she took another recurring part, on the Showtime thriller Homeland. From 2016 to 2019 she starred with Sarah Jessica Parker in the HBO comedy Divorce.

67years old

Turns 68 on March 5in 115 days

  • Born New York City
  • Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20

Movie Career

Films
23
Career span
47 years1978 to 2025

Genres

First and latest

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. No Strings Attached2011 Comedy, Romanceas Sandra Kurtzman

    IMDb rating 6.2257K votes

  2. Worth2021 Drama, Historyas Dede Feinberg

    IMDb rating 6.821K votes

  3. The Many Saints of Newark2021as Mrs. Jarecki

    IMDb rating 6.270K votes

  4. Crawlspace1986as Lori Bancroft

    IMDb rating 5.44.5K votes

  5. The Wackness2008as Mrs. Shapiro

    IMDb rating 6.932K votes

  6. Little Manhattan2005as Jackie Telesco

    IMDb rating 7.426K votes

  7. The Climb2020as Suzi

    IMDb rating 6.75.6K votes

  8. The Girl in the Book2015as Mom

    IMDb rating 6.14.9K votes

Worked with

Talia Balsam shares two films with John Magaro, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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John Magaro, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with John MagaroOlivia Thirlby, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Olivia ThirlbyBruce Dern, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Bruce DernAnthony Hopkins, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Anthony HopkinsBen Kingsley, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Ben KingsleyAlfred Molina, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Alfred MolinaIvan ReitmanDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Ivan ReitmanAlan TaylorDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Alan TaylorJonathan LevineDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Jonathan Levine

Films together

Box office

What Talia Balsam's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$177 million

11 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 23 films: 11 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found; 1 too new to count.

  • 11Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 3Figure not found
  • 1Too new to count

Top grosser

No Strings Attached2011as Sandra Kurtzman$149 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    No Strings Attached2011as Sandra Kurtzman
    $149M84.2% of the total
  2. 2
    The Many Saints of Newark2021as Mrs. Jarecki
    $13M7.4% of the total
  3. 3
    All the King's Men2006as Lucy Stark
    $9.5M5.3% of the total
  4. 4
    The Wackness2008as Mrs. Shapiro
    $3.2M1.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Little Manhattan2005as Jackie Telesco
    $1.1M0.6% of the total
  6. 6
    The Climb2020as Suzi
    $1.0M0.6% of the total
  7. 7
    Worth2021as Dede Feinberg
    $107K0.1% of the total
  8. 8
    P.I. Private Investigations1987as Jenny Fox
    $100K0.1% of the total
The Girl in the Book (2015), $81,379Return (2011), $8,801The Cake Eaters (2007), $7,820

$98,000from the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total

Awards

One award and honor.

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Talia Balsam's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
1992Theatre World AwardWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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