Biography
She and her character became cultural touchstones, both loved and despised for many reasons: her revealing clothing, her rail-thin physique, her self-absorption, her fitness as feminist poster girl, etc. The Golden Globe-winning actress focused more on the work than on celebrity, earning good reviews in "William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999) and "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (2001) as well as more well regarded …
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Career Milestones
| Family settled in New Jersey in the late 1970s | ||
| Raised in Iowa, Minnesota and upstate New York | ||
| Won acclaimed for her performance in the off-Broadway play "The Loop" | ||
1988 | After college, moved to NYC to pursue career | |
1989 | New York stage debut in "Beside Herself" | |
1991 | Debut in a TV-movie, "Darrow" (PBS) | |
1991 | TV debut, "An American Story" (CBS) | |
1992 | Had featured role in the Off-Broadway production of Caryl Churchill's "Mad Forrest" | |
1994 | Broadway debut, as Laura in revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" | |
1994 | Feature debut in bit part in "Quiz Show" | |
1995 | First important film role, "Drunks" (received limited theatrical release as well as airings on Showtime) | |
1996 | Appeared on stage at the Berkshire Theater Festival in "Jitta's Atonement", opposite Wiest | |
1996 | Breakthrough screen role as the mousy daughter of Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest in "The Birdcage" | |
1996 | Played female lead in "Milk and Money" | |
1997 | Co-starred in the Broadway production of "Three Sisters" alongside Lili Taylor, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Amy Irving; played Natasha | |
1997 | TV series debut as regular, portrayed the titular fantasy-prone lawyer seeking Mr Right in the award-winning "Ally McBeal" (Fox) | |
1999 | Had featured role as Helena in the big screen remake of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
1999 | Returned to the NYC stage in Off-Broadway production "Bash: Latter-Day Plays", by Neil LaBute; reprised roles for TV adaptation aired on Showtime in 2000 | |
2000 | Appeared for two-week stint in the Off-Broadway production of "The Vagina Monologues" by Eve Ensler | |
2000 | Had featured role in the Sundance-screened "Things You Can Tell by Just Looking at Her"; aired on Showtime in 2001 | |
2004 | Appears opposite Matthew Broderick in "The Last Shot" | |
2006 | Played Kitty Walker, a conservative TV-news personality in the ABC drama "Brothers & Sisters" | |
Awards
1997 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Ally McBeal |
1998 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Ally McBeal |
1998 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
1998 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
1998 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
1999 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Ally McBeal |
1999 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
2000 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Ally McBeal |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
2001 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Ally McBeal |
2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |