Douglas early realized on that she wanted to pursue a career in acting. She was inspired by her grandfather, screen legend Melvyn Douglas. Her grandmother, Helen Gahagan Douglas, is best remembered for her 1950 Senate campaign against Richard M. Nixon.
Birthday: July 25 1965 (1961?) (Leo)
Born: Massachusetts
Raised: Connecticut
Her soon-to-be-x-husband is producer Jonathan Axelrod (filed for dicorce in spring 2001).
Dated Martin Scorsese in the early 90's
Douglas oversees her own production company, Illeanarama, and is presently developing projects for herself as an actress and director. She wrote and directed the highly regarded short films Everybody Just Stay Calm, The Perfect Woman and Boy Crazy, Girl Crazier.