Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Comedy or Musical) "Kissing Jessica Stein" 2003
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play "Lend Me a Tenor" 1989
Outer Critics Circle Award Notable Performance by a Young Player "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy" 1976
Theatre World Award 1976
Drama Desk Award Special Mention-Actress "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy" 1975
OBIE Award Performance "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy" 1974 - 1975
2006 Cast in the indie film "The Tollbooth," alongside Marla Sokoloff, Liz Stauber and Idina Menzel
2003 Starred as Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister in the one-actor show "Golda's Balcony"; received a Tony nomination for her performance
2003 Starred as Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister in the one-actor show "Golda's Balcony"; received a Tony nomination for her performance
2001 Featured in "The Believer" based on the true story of an American Nazi Party leader in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish
2001 Played the matriarch Judy Stein in "Kissing Jessica Stein"
2000 Played Marisa Tomei's mother in "Happy Accidents"
1999 Cast opposite Diane Lane in Tony Goldwyn's drama "A Walk on the Moon"
1994 Played Dr. Bethany Rose on "As The World Turns"
1992 Cast in the WWII drama "A Day in October"
1992 Cast opposite James Woods in "Citizen Cohn"
1991 Had a recurring role as Danielle Melnick on NBC's "Law and Order"
1988 Appeared as Detective Vera Quinn in "The Blue Iguana"
1985 Featured in the comedy "Brewster's Millions" starring Richard Pryor and John Candy
1980 Starred in "The Idolmaker" based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci
1978 Starred as Helena, the Czech freedom fighter, in the NBC miniseries "Holocaust"; received an Emmy nomination
1977 Portrayed Katharine Hepburn in the made-for-TV movie "The Amazing Howard Hughes"
1974 Originated the role of Yentl on broadway
1973 Made her Broadway debut in the musical "Cyrano," starring Christopher Plummer
1973 Made television acting debut in "Scream, Pretty Peggy"
Wrote and starred off-Broadway as Tallulah Bankhead in "Tallulah Hallelujah!"