
Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was 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).

The Notebook
2004 · as Older Allie

The Skeleton Key
2005 · as Violet Devereaux

Hope Floats
1998 · as Ramona Calvert

Taking Lives
2004 · as Mrs. Rebecca Asher

Paris Je T'aime
2006 · as Gena (Quartier Latin)

Paulie
1998 · as Ivy

Playing by Heart
1998 · as Hannah

Night on Earth
1991 · as Victoria Snelling

Machine Gun McCain
1969 · as Rosemary Scott

The Mighty
1998 · as Gram

Hollywood Mavericks
1990 · as Self (archive footage)

She's So Lovely
1997 · as Miss Green

The Weekend
1999 · as Laura Ponti

A Woman Under the Influence
1974 · as Mabel Longhetti

Another Woman
1988 · as Marion

Broken English
2007 · as Vivien Wilder-Mann

Gloria
1980 · as Gloria Swenson

Opening Night
1977 · as Myrtle Gordon