Best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Celia Hodes on Showtime’s dark comedy “Weeds” (2005- ), Elizabeth... (Learn more)
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"I'm not beautiful in today's Hollywood sense. I'm not blonde. I'm not svelte. I don't have the long wavy hair, and sex isn't what I use to sell my characters. Instead, I'm strong, I'm forceful, and I'm pretty smart." - Perkins quoted in Us Weekly, March 7, 1991
"If I could do it over, I'd become a writer instead of an actress. I love acting, but I hate being in the public eye, so there is always a conflict. I love to walk out on stage or in front of a camera, but that's the only part of it that I like. I hate premieres and having my picture taken. I'm very solitary." - Perkins to Cheryl Lavin of the Chicago Tribune, Sept. 29, 1997
In 2005, Perkins learned that she had latent autoimmune diabetes, a form of type I diabetes that is most often diagnosed in middle age.
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