CableACE Award Best Actress in a Drama Special or Series "Someone Had To Be Benny" 1996
Daytime Emmy Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special "Someone Had to Be Benny" 1996 - 1997
Tony Actress in a Musical "The King & I" 1996
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical "Passion" 1994
Tony Actress in a Musical "Passion" 1994
2007 Played Lotte Lenya in the Kurt Weil jukebox musical "LoveMusik"; earned a Tony nomination
2007 Played Scarlett Johansson's mother in "The Nanny Diaries"
2006 Co-starred in "The Fountain," written and directed by Darren Aronofsky
2004 Portrayed the wife of Alfred Molina character Dr. Otto Octavius in "Spider-Man 2"
2003 Starred in the musical "Wonderful Town"; received a Tony nomination
2002 Played the title in Tony Kushner directed, "Helen"; performed Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre
2001 TV series debut as regular on the ABC sitcom "What About Joan?"
2000 Co-starred with Peter Gallagher in the feature "Center Stage", directed by Nicholas Hytner
2000 Headlined the Encores! concert staging of "Wonderful Town"
1998 Played Mary Todd Lincoln in "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" (TNT)
1998 Made guest appearance as an accused murderer on the cross-over episodes of Fox's "Ally McBeal" and ABC's "The Practice"
1996 Co-starred with Lou Diamond Phillips on Broadway in revival of "The King & I"
1996 Recreated her stage role of Fosca in TV production of "Passion" (PBS)
1995 - 1996 Appeared in recurring role of Francesca Cross on "Murder One" (ABC)
1995 Feature film debut "Jade"
1994 Breakthrough Broadway role, Fosca, in the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine show "Passion"
1992 Appeared off-Broadway in "Song of Singapore"
1992 First speaking role on TV, "Law and Order" (NBC)
1987 TV debut, as a singer in "A Table at Ciro's" (PBS)
1986 Played first lead on Broadway, replacing Betty Buckley in "Drood" (a.k.a. "The Mystery of Edwin Drood")
1979 Broadway debut "They're Playing Our Song" (date approximate)
Born in Queens, New York
Raised on Long Island
Moved with family at age 11 to Topsfield, Massachusetts
