(Born Nov. 18, 1960) Elizabeth Perkins is an Emmy-nominated American movie, television and theater actress. She made her film debut in 1986 in Edward Zwick's About Last Night... and had a career breakthrough co-starring with Tom Hanks in Big. She received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon, and was the stand-out actor opposite William Hurt in The Doctor (1991), in which she received critical acclaim for her performance as a terminal cancer patient. Her biggest Hollywood success so far has been in The Flintstones, opposite John Goodman, in which she played the long-suffering Wilma Flintstone.