Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American actress. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977).
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Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Known For
The Notebook
(2004)
Older Allie
Taking Lives
(2004)
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Hope Floats
(1998)
Ramona Calvert
Paris Je T'aime
(2006)
Gena (Quartier Latin)
The Skeleton Key
(2005)
Violet Devereaux
Night on Earth
(1991)
Victoria Snelling
Paulie
(1998)
Ivy
Another Woman
(1988)
Marion
Love Streams
(1984)
Sarah Lawson
Once Around
(1991)
Marilyn Bella
Playing by Heart
(1998)
Hannah
Lonely Are the Brave
(1962)
Jerry Bondi
The Mighty
(1998)
Gram
Something to Talk About
(1995)
Georgia King
A Woman Under the Influence
(1974)
Mabel Longhetti
Gloria
(1980)
Gloria Swenson
Full Filmography
Acting
The High Cost of Loving
(1958)
Ginny Fry
Shadows
(1960)
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
Lonely Are the Brave
(1962)
Jerry Bondi
The Spiral Road
(1962)
Els
A Child Is Waiting
(1963)
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
Tony Rome
(1967)
Rita Kosterman
Faces
(1968)
Jeannie Rapp
Nick Quarry
(1968)
Machine Gun McCain
(1969)
Rosemary Scott
Husbands
(1970)
Party Guest
Minnie and Moskowitz
(1971)
Minnie Moore
A Woman Under the Influence
(1974)
Mabel Longhetti
Two-Minute Warning
(1976)
Janet
Opening Night
(1977)
Myrtle Gordon
The Brink's Job
(1978)
Mary Pino
A Question of Love
(1978)
Linda Ray Guettner
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
(1979)
Abigail Mason
Gloria
(1980)
Gloria Swenson
Tempest
(1982)
Antonia
Thursday's Child
(1983)
Victoria Alden
Rapunzel
(1983)
The Witch
Love Streams
(1984)
Sarah Lawson
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work
(1984)
Self
An Early Frost
(1985)
Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
(1985)
Self - Interviewed actress
Light of Day
(1987)
Janette Rasnick
The Betty Ford Story
(1987)
Betty Ford
Another Woman
(1988)
Marion
Montana
(1990)
Bess Guthrie
Hollywood Mavericks
(1990)
Self (archive footage)
Night on Earth
(1991)
Victoria Snelling
Once Around
(1991)
Marilyn Bella
Face of a Stranger
(1991)
Pat Foster
Ted & Venus
(1991)
Mrs. Turner
Crazy in Love
(1992)
Honora Swift
Silent Cries
(1993)
Peggy Sutherland
Anything for John
(1993)
Self
Parallel Lives
(1994)
Francie Pomerantz
The Neon Bible
(1995)
Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About
(1995)
Georgia King
Unhook the Stars
(1996)
Mildred
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
(1996)
Self
She's So Lovely
(1997)
Miss Green
Playing by Heart
(1998)
Hannah
Hope Floats
(1998)
Ramona Calvert
The Mighty
(1998)
Gram
Paulie
(1998)
Ivy
Best Friends for Life
(1998)
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Grace & Glorie
(1998)
Grace Stiles
1001 Nights
(1998)
Narrator (voice)
The Weekend
(1999)
Laura Ponti
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
(2000)
Georgia Porter
Light Keeps Me Company
(2000)
Self
A Constant Forge
(2000)
Self
Wild Iris
(2001)
Minnie Brinn
Hysterical Blindness
(2002)
Virginia Miller
Charms for the Easy Life
(2002)
Charlie Kate
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
(2003)
Self
The Notebook
(2004)
Older Allie
Taking Lives
(2004)
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
(2004)
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Making 'Faces'
(2004)
Self
The Skeleton Key
(2005)
Violet Devereaux
Paris Je T'aime
(2006)
Gena (Quartier Latin)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
(2006)
Self
Edge of Outside
(2006)
Self
Broken English
(2007)
Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
(2007)
Melissa Eisenbloom
Cannes: All Access
(2007)
Self
Olive
(2011)
Tess M Powell
Faces
(2011)
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Yellow
(2012)
Mimi
Parts Per Billion
(2014)
Esther
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
(2014)
Lily Harrison
Watching Gena Rowlands
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben
(2017)
Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
(2017)
Dr. Cohen
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
(2019)
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
(2021)
Self
Writing