Debra Winger

Nominated for the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female (“Rachel Getting Married”)

Played Anne Hathaway's emotionally unavailable mother in Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married"

Wrote a book based on her personal recollections titled, Undiscovered

Co-starred in the HBO film "Sometimes in April" about the Rwandan Genocide of 1994

Directed by husband, Arliss Howard in the Lifetime movie, "Dawn Anna"; received an Emmy nomination for portraying a woman dealing with severe brain disease and family tragedy

Appeared in Michael Clancy's black comedy "Eulogy"

Featured in "Radio" with Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Subject of the documentary directed by actress, Rosanna Arquette, titled "Searching for Debra Winger"; film focused on the various pressures women face working in the film industry while trying to juggle their professional commitments with their personal responsibilities

Returned to features co-starring with husband, Arliss Howard (who also directed) in "Big Bad Love" (released in 2002)

Co-starred with husband Arliss Howard in the stage production of "How I Learned to Drive"

Narrated the documentary about the 13th century writer, "Rumi: Poet of the Heart"

Announced her "retirement" from acting

Last film for six years, starring with Billy Crystal in the comedy "Forget Paris"

Earned third Best Actress Oscar nomination as American poet, Joy Gresham, opposite Anthony Hopkins as C. S. Lewis in "Shadowlands"

Co-starred with John Malkovich in "The Sheltering Sky"

Second feature with Nolte, "Everybody Wins"; film scripted by Arthur Miller

Had a box-office hit as the detective tracking down a female serial killer in "Black Widow"

Made an uncredited appearance in "Made in Heaven" starring then-husband Timothy Hutton

Starred opposite Robert Redford in the Ivan Reitman comedy "Legal Eagles"

Played a terminally ill woman in a strained relationship with her mother and husband in "Terms of Endearment"; garnered second Best Actress Academy Award nomination

First film with Nick Nolte, "Cannery Row"; hired to replace Raquel Welch

Lent her voice (mixed with the voice of an elderly woman) to the title character of "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial"

Received first Best Actress Academy Award nomination as Richard Gere's love interest in "An Officer and a Gentleman"

Breakthrough screen role as John Travolta's love interest in "Urban Cowboy"

Made TV-movie debut in "Special Olympics" (CBS)

Film acting debut in "Slumber Party '57"

Made TV acting debut as the title character's younger sister, Drusilla, in the CBS series "Wonder Woman"

Lived in Israel with an Israeli youth program; served in the Israeli army for three months

At 18 was involved in an automobile accident and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage as a result; was left partially paralyzed and blind for ten months; after she recovered, decided that she would pursue acting in Los Angeles

Return to Los Angeles and joined an acting workshop led by Michael Gazzo