Biography
But, since the 1990s, she has proven a formidable character player on stage and in films.
Born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Weston might have ended up as yet another Southern matron had not her father passed away. Believing he would have disapproved of her career choice and her move first to London to study and then to NYC to pursue acting, Weston originally enrolled in college as a psychology major. By the late 70s, though, she …
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Career Milestones
2007 | Co-starred with Sam Rockwell in the dramedy "Joshua"; screened at sundance | |
2005 | Co-starred in the southern independent drama "Junebug"; premiered at Sundance | |
2004 | Starred with William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" | |
2003 | Appeared in Ang Lee's "The Hulk" based on the Marvel comic book character | |
2003 | Cast in the Showtime series "Out of Order" | |
2002 | Appeared in the critically acclaimed "Far from Heaven" by director Todd Haynes | |
2002 | Played Jeff Goldblum's wife Bunny in the indie hit "Igby Goes Down" | |
2001 | Had featured turns in "Hearts in Atlantis" and "In the Bedroom" | |
2000 | Co-starred on Broadway in Sam Shepard's "True West" | |
1999 | Appeared in "Ride With the Devil" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" | |
1997 | Earned acclaim and a Tony nomination for her turn as an upbeat assimilated Jew in 1939 Atlanta in Alfred Uhry's award-winning "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" | |
1996 | Co-starred in "Flirting With Disaster" | |
1995 | Had key role in "Dead Man Walking" | |
1995 | Acted in Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly Last Summer" alongside Elizabeth Ashley in Broadway revival | |
1988 | Returned to feature films in character parts in "Stars and Bars" and "A New Life" | |
| Moved to New Orleans to be wit then-fiance; broke off engagement and resumed career | ||
1981 | Played waitress Jolene Hunnicut on "Alice" (CBS) | |
1981 | Feature film debut in "Honky Tonk Freeway" | |
1981 | Acted in the short-lived Broadway play "The Lady From Dubuque", by Edward Albee | |
1980 | Made first TV pilot, "The Single Life" (NBC) | |
1979 | Broadway debut in "Loose Ends" | |
| Acted in regional theater and Off-Off- and Off-Broadway productions | ||
1977 | Moved to NYC | |
| Attended theater school in London | ||
| Raised in South Carolina | ||
Awards
2002 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in In the Bedroom |
1996 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in Dead Man Walking |