Jeremy Piven has had $200,000 worth of jewellery stolen from his house

Sources told TMZ the burglars had ransacked the 59-year-old actor's bedroom and made off with rings, watches and other jewellery - but left behind all of the awards he has around the house.

According to police insiders, Jeremy had recently put his home up for sale and had held an open house viewing on the same day as the burglary, but it is currently unclear if there is any connection.

No one has yet been arrested by the investigation is ongoing.

It has been a difficult time for Jeremy as the theft took place less than two weeks after his mom, Joyce Piven, passed away at the age of 93.

Sharing photos on Instagram on 20 January, the actor wrote: "Joyce Piven has left us . I was pretending this day wouldn't come yet here we are. If you know me you understand how much I love this woman. Yes she's my mother but she was an incredible human being.

"Acting teacher to so many of us who genuinely enjoyed the evolution of her students. Taught us to respects the space we occupy when we perform, instilled the integrity of the work and how lucky we are to get it. When we would run lines together (until the end) she would enter into the character and do whatever accent was needed."

It was Joyce who gave her son a copy of Arthur Miller's 2002 short story 'The Performance', which led to him starring in his sister Shira Piven's movie adaptation of the tale in 2023.

He shared: "She was a voracious reader and 15 years ago she gave me a short story by Arthur Miller called "The Performance " she hung on all these years until we got it made into a film .She would ask me about it daily. We are all walking miracles. The film is a tribute to her. (sic)"

Joyce and her late husband, Byrne Piven, co-founded the Piven Theatre Workshop, with former students including John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Kate Walsh, Lili Taylor, and Aidan Quinn, and were also involved in setting up the Playwrights Theatre Club with improv teacher Paul Sills.