2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie |
2011 | Co-starred in HBO's five-part miniseries "Mildred Pierce," starring Kate Winslet in the title role |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role ("The Fighter") |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ("The Fighter") |
2010 | Portrayed the brassy, controlling mother of nine children, including boxers Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and Dickie Eklund (Christian Bale) in David O. Russell's "The Fighter" |
2010 | Played a woman dealing with the death of her daughter in "Welcome to the Rileys" |
2010 | Cast as a civil rights lawyer in the HBO drama series "Treme" |
2008 | Co-starred with Misty Upham as working class women who turn to illegal immigrant smuggling to make ends meet in "Frozen River"; earned SAG and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress |
2007 | Featured in the independent drama "Black Irish" written and directed by Brad Gann |
2005 | Co-starred in the drama, "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones |
2005 | Appeared in three episodes of Showtime's "The L Word" |
2005 | Played the grieving next-door neighbor in "Hide and Seek" with Dakota Fanning and Robert De Niro |
2003 | Played Benicio Del Toro's beleaguered wife in Alejandro Inarritu's "21 Grams" |
2000 | Reprised role of Det. Howard in "Homicide: The Movie" |
1999 | Featured in "The 24 Hour Woman" |
1995 | Third film with director Henry Jaglom, "Last Summer in the Hamptons" |
1994 | Appeared in the CBS mini-series "Scarlett," playing the title character's kid sister |
1993 | Portrayed Det. Kay Howard on the NBC series, "Homicide: Life on the Street" |
1993 | Had a small role in the independent feature, "The Ballad of little Jo" |
1992 | Re-teamed with Jaglom for the ensemble feature, "Venice/Venice" |
1992 | Played a Senator's daughter in "Immaculate Conception" |
1989 | First role as a series regular, playing Emma Shannon in the first season of ABC's "The Young Riders" |
1985 | Co-starred in Henry Jaglom's "Always" |
1984 | Played role of Linda Warner on the ABC soap opera, "All My Children" |
1984 | Made feature debut playing the leading role in "Streetwalkin'" |
1982 | Made NY theater debut in a production of Moliere's "Don Juan" |
1981 | Briefly left college to appear in a world premiere of Tennesee Williams' "Will Mr. Merryweather Return From Memphis?" |
1974 | Began working in community theater at age 13 in Brattleboro, VT |
