RECENT CREDITS
Passengers (FILM)  Oct. 24, 2008
Synecdoche, New York (FILM)  Oct. 24, 2008
In Treatment (TV)  Feb. 1, 2008
Dan in Real Life (FILM)  Oct. 20, 2007
Dedication (FILM)  Aug. 24, 2007
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HIGHLIGHTS
Was raised in Germany and all over the U.S. due to her father being in the Army.
Studied at New York's School of American Ballet.
During the 1979 production of The Art of Dining, a flaming dessert ignited her costume. She spent three weeks in the hospital with burns.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Passengers  2008 -Toni
Actor
Film


Synecdoche, New York  2008 -Ellen Bascomb/Millicent Weems
Actor
Film


Dan in Real Life  2007 -Nana
Actor
Film


Dedication  2007 -Carol
Actor
Film


A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints  2006 -Flori
Actor
Film


Robots  2005 -Mrs. Copperbottom
Voice
Film


Merci Docteur Rey!  2004 -Elisabeth Beaumont
Actor
Film


September  2003 -Stephanie
Actor
Film


I Am Sam  2001 -Annie
Actor
Film


Practical Magic  1998 -Aunt Jet
Actor
Film


Little Man Tate  1991 -Dr. Jane Grierson
Actor
Film


Edward Scissorhands  1990 -Peg Boggs
Actor
Film


Cookie  1989 -Lenore
Actor
Film


Parenthood  1989 -Helen
Actor
Film


Bright Lights, Big City  1988 -Mother
Actor
Film


The Lost Boys  1987 -Lucy
Actor
Film


Radio Days  1987 -Aunt Bea
Actor
Film


Hannah and Her Sisters  1986 -Holly
Actor
Film


10th Kingdom   -Evil Queen
Actor
TV


Drunks   -Rachel
Actor
TV


In Treatment   -Dr. Gina Toll
Actor
TV
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Law & Order  2000-2002 -DA Nora Lewin
Actor
TV
Expand


Law & Order: Special Victims Unit   -Nora Lewin
Actor
TV
Expand


Return of Jezebel James   -Talia Tompkins
Actor
TV


The Blackwater Lightship   -Lily
Actor
TV


The Face of Rage  
Actor
TV


The Horse Whisperer  1998 -Diane Booker
Actor
Film


The Associate  1996 -Sally
Actor
Film


The Birdcage  1996 -Louise Keeley
Actor
Film


Bullets Over Broadway  1994 -Helen Sinclair
Actor
Film


Cops and Robbersons  1994 -Helen Robberson
Actor
Film


The Purple Rose of Cairo  1985 -Emma
Actor
Film


Footloose  1984 -Vi Moore
Actor
Film


Independence Day  1982 -Nancy Morgan
Actor
Film


It's My Turn   -Gail
Actor
Film


Rage  
Actor
Film


I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can   -Julie Addison
Actor
Film


Falling in Love   -Isabelle
Actor
Film


Category 6: Day of Destruction   -Shirley Abbott
Actor
Film


Bigfoot  
Actor
Film


Drunks   -Rachel
Actor
Film


The Scout   -Doctor H. Aaron
Actor
Film


The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn   -Sarah McClellan
Actor
Film


The Wall   -Symka Mazor
Actor
Film


The Blackwater Lightship   -Lily
Actor
Film


The Face of Rage  
Actor
Film


The 10th Kingdom   -Queen
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Was raised in Germany and all over the U.S. due to her father being in the Army.
Studied at New York's School of American Ballet.
During the 1979 production of The Art of Dining, a flaming dessert ignited her costume. She spent three weeks in the hospital with burns.
After watching the first-day rushes of Bullets Over Broadway, she was so disheartened with her "awful" performance that she asked director Woody Allen to fire her. He refused and she went on to


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