Talia Balsam Net Worth

What is Talia Balsam's Net Worth?

Talia Balsam is an American actress who has a net worth of $8 million. That is a combined net worth with her husband, fellow actor John Slattery.

Talia Balsam is known for her roles on such television series as "L.A. Doctors," "Without a Trace," "Mad Men," "Divorce," and "Wilderness." She has also acted in many films, including "Crawlspace," "In the Mood," "Trust Me," "The Many Saints of Newark," and "Late Bloomers."

Early Life and Family

Talia Balsam was born on March 5, 1959, in New York City to actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten. Her uncles, Dick Van Patten and Tim Van Patten, and her aunt Pat Van Patten were also actors.

Television Career

Balsam made her professional acting debut in 1977 with a recurring role in the first three episodes of the fifth season of the ABC sitcom "Happy Days." The following year, she appeared in the ABC television horror film "The Initiation of Sarah." Balsam continued acting in television films over the subsequent years, with credits including "Stickin' Together," "Fast Lane Blues," "The Millionaire," and "The Survival of Dana." She also had guest roles on "Dallas," "Taxi," and "The Runaways." In the early 1980s, Balsam was in the television films "OHMS," "Kent State," and "Crazy Times" and in episodes of "Archie Bunker's Place," "When the Whistle Blows," and "Hill Street Blues." Over the rest of the decade, she had guest roles on such shows as "Family Ties," "Punky Brewster," "Tales from the Darkside," and "Thirtysomething." Balsam's television credits in the 1990s included episodes of "Life Goes On," "Stat," "Jake and the Fatman," "Mad About You," "Diagnosis: Murder," "Almost Perfect," "Early Edition," and "Profiler." She also played the recurring role of Julie Lonner on the short-lived CBS medical drama "L.A. Doctors," which ran from 1998 to 1999.

In the first half of the '00s, Balsam appeared on "The Street," "Third Watch," "K Street," and "Without a Trace." Later in the decade, in 2007, she began playing one of her longest-running roles: Mona Sterling Pike on the AMC period drama series "Mad Men." She was the wife of Roger Sterling, played by Balsam's real-life husband, John Slattery. Balsam played Mona until 2014. During her time on the show, she appeared in guest roles on "Wainy Days," "FlashForward," "Treme," "Elementary," and "The Good Wife," and played the recurring role of Cynthia Walden in the second season of the Showtime spy thriller series "Homeland." After "Mad Men." Balsam had her next major role on the HBO series "Divorce," playing main character, Dallas Holt. The show ran for three seasons from 2016 to 2019. In the early 2020s, Balsam appeared in episodes of "Girls5eva" and "The Premise." Following those, Balsam had a main role in the 2023 psychological thriller miniseries "Wilderness," based on the novel of the same name by B. E. Jones. The series was released on Amazon Prime Video.

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Film Career

In 1979, Balsam made her big-screen debut with a supporting part in the action drama "Sunnyside." She didn't appear on the big screen again until 1984, in the play adaptation "Mass Appeal." Balsam had her first leading role in 1986, starring opposite Klaus Kinski in the horror film "Crawlspace." Also that year, she starred in another horror film, "The Supernaturals." Balsam went on to appear in three films in 1987: the science-fiction horror film "The Kindred," the period comedy "In the Mood," and the crime thriller "P.I. Private Investigations." Concluding the decade, she starred in the crime film "Trust Me." Balsam acted infrequently on the big screen in the 1990s, with her handful of credits including "Killer Instinct," "Coldblooded," and "Camp Stories."

In the '00s, Balsam was in such films as "Emmett's Mark," "Little Manhattan," the remake of "All the King's Men," "The Cake Eaters," and "The Wackness." Kicking off the next decade, she played a prosecuting attorney in the biographical legal drama "Conviction." Balsam followed that with roles in the drama "Return" and the romcom "No Strings Attached." In 2015, she appeared in "Don't Worry Baby" and "The Girl in the Book," and in 2016, she was in Ira Sachs's acclaimed drama "Little Men." At the end of the decade, she starred in "South Mountain" and had a supporting part in "The Climb." In 2020, Balsam was in the biopic "Worth." Her credits since then have included the anthology film "With/In," the crime drama "The Many Saints of Newark," the psychological thriller "Master," and the dramedy "Late Bloomers."

Personal Life

In 1989, Balsam married actor George Clooney. The pair divorced in 1993. Five years later, Balsam wed actor John Slattery; they would later play a fictional married couple on "Mad Men." Balsam and Slattery have a son named Harry.

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