Biography
An acclaimed stage actress in Chicago, she won praise and awards for her work on and off-Broadway before segueing into movies and television, with her big break coming in 1989 and 1990 with "Scoundrels," "Dick Tracy" and an Emmy nod for "Lonesome Dove" (CBS, 1989). Headly was best used in sympathetic character parts, where her soft voice and expressive features drew audiences' attention in projects like "Bastard Out of Carolina" (Showtime, …
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Career Milestones
| Co-starred with John Malkovich in the Chicago production of Sam Shephard's "The Curse of the Starving Class" | ||
| Joined Chicago's acclaimed Steppenwolf Ensemble | ||
| Joined St. Nicholas Theater New Work Ensemble in Chicago | ||
| Studied drama at Herbert Berghof Studios in NYC | ||
1981 | Feature film debut in Arthur Penn's "Four Friends" | |
1986 | First leading role, "Seize the Day"; aired on PBS's "Great Performances" and also released theatrically | |
1987 | Early TV work, lent her voice to the CBS animated children's special, "Santabear's Highflying Adventure" | |
1988 | Played female lead in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" as the target of a wager between con men Steve Martin and Michael Caine | |
1989 | Appeared in the CBS miniseries, "Lonesome Dove" | |
1993 | Joined an ensemble cast in the AIDS themed HBO drama, "And the Band Played On" | |
1996 | Joined the cast of NBC's medical drama "ER" as Dr. Abby Keaton | |
1998 | Cast as Nathan Lane's sister in the NBC sitcom, "Encore! Encore!" | |
1999 | Made London stage debut alongside Miranda Richardson in "Aunt Dan and Lemon" | |
2000 | Played a psychiatrist in Mike Figgis' experimental feature, "Time Code" | |
2002 | Cast as Lindsay Lohan's mother in the teen comedy "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" | |
2002 | Co-starred with Alan Arkin and Lauren Holly in "Counting Sheep" | |
2004 | Co-starred in the black comedy "Eulogy" | |
2006 | Cast in the independent comedy "The Amateurs" | |
2007 | Re-teamed with Arkin and Holly for Neal Miller's character-driven film, "Raising Flagg" | |
2008 | Joined Abigail Breslin for the family film, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" | |
2010 | Co-starred with David Duchovny and Demi Moore in the independent comedy "The Joneses" | |
Awards
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Lonesome Dove |
1997 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Bastard Out of Carolina |