Biography
She was memorably paired with Robert De Niro in "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984) and Kevin Bacon in "She's Having a Baby," (1988), as well as impressed as a lesbian rebel in the dystopia-set "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990) and in the unusual romantic comedy "The Favor" (1994). She moved to Great Britain to marry English producer-director Simon Curtis in 1992 but returned to the States for work, appearing in Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Wings of …
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Career Milestones
1980 | Made her film debut playing the girlfriend of troubled teenager, Conrad (Timothy Hutton) in "Ordinary People" |
1981 | Earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film, "Ragtime" |
1981 | Made stage debut in "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" |
1984 | Co-starred with Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage in "Racing with the Moon" |
1984 | Starred as Robert De Niro's romantic interest in Sergio Leone's gangster epic, "Once Upon a Time in America" |
1987 | Starred in the Curtis Hanson thriller, "The Bedroom Window" |
1988 | Played Kevin Bacon's wife in John Hughes' "She's Having a Baby" |
1989 | Played Mickey Rourke's girlfriend in "Johnny Handsome" |
1990 | Made her TV debut in "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Suit," a segment of HBO's "Women & Men: Stories of Seduction" |
1994 | Directed by husband, Simon Curtis in the BBC production of "The Changeling" |
1995 | Cast as regular in the short-lived CBS sitcom, "If Not for You" |
1997 | Had featured role in "The Wings of the Dove" |
1999 | Appeared in the London stage production of "Three Days of Rain," alongside Colin Firth and David Morrissey |
1999 | Played Marguerite St. Just in the BBC/A&E adaptation of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" |
2000 | Had featured role in the big screen adaptation of "The House of Mirth" |
2001 | Acted in the London stage production of "Dinner With Friends" |
2001 | Performed in "The Vagina Monologues" in London |
2003 | Co-starred in the feature "Buffalo Soldiers" |
2003 | Had a featured role in the short-lived CBS series, "The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire" |
2006 | Starred in the ABC Family channel's "Three Moons Over Milford" |
2007 | Appeared in the three-part BBC comedy series "Freezing"; written by James Wood and directed and co-produced by her husband, Simon Curtis |
2007 | Featured in the BBC2 television drama "Daphne" |
2010 | Had a small role in the superhero comedy "Kick-Ass" |
2010 | Played the leading role of Cora, Countess of Grantham on the British TV series "Downton Abbey" (PBS) |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie |
Awards
1981 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Ragtime |
1981 | Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year |
2011 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Downton Abbey |
2011 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie in Downton Abbey |