| Rhea Perlman | ||
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| Character Roxana Fox | ||
| Date of birth 31 March 1948 | ||
| Place of birth Brooklyn, New York, USA | ||
| IMDb profile |
Rhea Perlman is an actress who played Roxana Fox in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Unorthodox".
Perlman is married to actor Danny DeVito, who played her husband Harry Wormwood in the Roald Dahl film Matilda. They have three children: Lucy Chet DeVito, Grace Fan DeVito, and Jacob Daniel DeVito. Despite separating in 2017, they never divorced.
Perlman received ten Emmy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carla Tortelli on Cheers (with Bebe Neuwirth and recurring actors Dan Hedaya and Jay Thomas), which ran for 11 seasons from 1982–1993 (the only year in which Perlman wasn't nominated was 1992). She won the Emmy four times, in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1989. She later starred in the 1996 sitcom Pearl as the title character (with Kevin Corrigan, Carol Kane, Lucy Liu, Dash Mihok, and Malcolm McDowell) and on the sitcom Kristie (with Eric Petersen). She also appeared in a 2000 television film How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale, in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy.
Perlman also played the role of Honey in the film Canadian Bacon. She also played the grumpy shopkeeper in Packin It In, Rita Wormwood in Matilda and the spirit of Ruth Handler in the 2023 movie Barbie.