2010 | Cast in multi-episode arc on USA Network's "Royal Pains" as Dr. Elizabeth Blair, a surgeon and board member of Hamptons Heritage Hospital |
2009 | Played Ellen Page's overbearing mother in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut "Whip It" |
2009 | Co-starred with Anna Paquin in CBS TV movie "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler" |
2009 | Returned to the stage for Broadway production of Yasmina Reza's "God of Carnage" |
2009 | Joined cast of "Damages" (FX) for second season |
2007 | Co-starred in Alison Eastwood's directorial debut "Rails and Ties" |
2007 | Played the mother of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) in Sean Penn's adaptation of non-fiction book "Into the Wild" |
2006 | Portrayed a devastated mother of a Columbine-type killer in "American Gun" |
2006 | Played a Laura Bush-esque first lady opposite Dennis Quaid in Paul Weitz's political satire "American Dreamz" |
2005 | Landed recurring role as undercover agent Dana Lewis on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) |
2005 | Cast opposite Billy Bob Thornton in remake of "Bad News Bears" |
2004 | Cast opposite Laura Linney and Topher Grace in "P.S." |
2004 | Played Gene Hackman's former girlfriend in comedy "Welcome to Mooseport" |
2003 | Appeared opposite Julia Roberts in "Mona Lisa Smile" |
2003 | Played Tim Robbins' wife in Clint Eastwood directed "Mystic River" |
2001 | Co-starred with Richard Dreyfuss in "The Education of Max Bickford" (CBS) |
2001 | Again reprised Susan Silverman in A&E's "Walking Shadow" |
2001 | Acted in New York Shakespeare Festival summer production of "The Seagull," staged in Central Park by Mike Nichols |
2001 | Co-starred as a woman who asks a writer friend (Judy Davis) to help her locate her missing husband in "Gaudi Afternoon" |
2000 | Delivered scene-stealing turn as artist Lee Krasner in biopic "Pollock," directed by and co-starring Ed Harris |
2000 | Had featured role as a NASA engineer romanced by astronaut Tommy Lee Jones in "Space Cowboys" |
2000 | Reprised Susan Silverman in sequel "Thin Air: A Spenser Mystery" (A&E) |
1999 | Played Susan Silverman, the girlfriend of private eye Spenser (Joe Mantegna) in "Small Vices" (A&E) |
1998 | Appeared as one of Anthony Hopkins' daughters in "Meet Joe Black" |
1998 | Portrayed a single woman who decides to have a child with her gay best friend until she meets a man she thinks may be Mr. Right in "Labor of Love" (Lifetime) |
1997 | Co-starred opposite Robin Williams in "Flubber" |
1997 | Played an FBI agent in HBO docudrama "Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing" |
1996 | Offered fine supporting turn as an abused wife in "The Spitfire Grill" |
1995 | Delivered a monologue about the death of her character's mother in "Talking With" (PBS), directed by Kathy Bates |
1994 | Starred opposite Ed Harris and Beverly D'Angelo in Sam Shepard's play "Simpatico" |
1993 | Appeared on Broadway as Harper Pitt in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches"; earned a Tony nomination; later reprised role in the epic's second half "Angels in America: Perestroika" |
1993 | Acted in off-Broadway play "The Years" alongside Frank Whaley and Paul McCrane |
1992 | Delivered a strong turn as a pop culture freak who dresses up as various actresses in "Used People" |
1992 | Portrayed screen siren Ava Gardner in CBS miniseries biography "Sinatra" |
1990 | Made feature film acting debut as Verna in the Coen brothers' "Miller's Crossing" |
1990 | Had title role in Rebecca Miller's short "Florence," playing an empathetic woman who develops amnesia |
1987 | Appeared in "In the Lion's Den," an unsold pilot presented on "CBS Summer Playhouse" |
| Moved to Washington, DC; began acting in regional theater and local TV |
1983 | Completed her BA at University of Texas |
| Began acting on Munich stage performing in plays by Edward Albee and Chekhov |
| Continued studies in Munich, Germany |
| Began college in Athens, Greece |
| Developed interest in theater while living in Greece by attending plays at the Herodus Atticus, an old theater near base of the Parthenon (date approximate) |
1973 | At age 13, posed as a boy for a period in Japan |
| Moved several times throughout her school years as the daughter of a Navy captain |
