- 2007: Played the daughter of Frank Langella's character in Andrew Wagner's "Starting Out in the Evening"
- 2007: Cast as a therapist in Lifetime's hour-long comedy/drama "State of Mind"
- 2006: Co-starred with Matt Dillon in "Factotum" a film based on the novel by cult author Charles Bukowski
- 2006: Cast in the HBO original film, "The Notorious Bettie Page" starring Gretchen Mol as the 1950's pin-up model
- 2003: Co-starred in "Gaudi Afternoon," directed by Susan Seidelman
- 2002: Co-starred with Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter in the HBO original movie "Live from Baghdad"
- 2002: Cast as Lisa, in the acclaimed HBO series "Six Feet Under"
- 2001: Cast as Miep Van Gies in "Anne Frank" (ABC)
- 2001: Returned to the NYC stage in "The Dead Eye Boy"
- 2001: Played Ophelia to Jared Harris' "Hamlet" at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival
- 2000: Had featured role on the NBC fall drama "Deadline"
- 2000: Portrayed a broken-hearted manic-depressive who dumped John Cusack in "High Fidelity"
- 1998: Earned an Emmy nomination, guest-starring in the "Mind's Eye" episode of "The X-Files" (Fox)
- 1998: Was part of the ensemble of John Waters' "Pecker" playing a very savvy art gallery owner
- 1997: Acted opposite then-boyfriend Michael Rapaport in "The Listeners," a segment of HBO's "Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground"
- 1997: Performed in Scott Elliott's production of Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" playing the 20-year-old Irina alongside Amy Irving and Jeanne Tripplehorn
- 1996: Portrayed the titular character in Mary Harron's "I Shot Andy Warhol"
- 1996: Debut as screenwriter, "Girls Town"; also starred as a single mother trying to improve her lot
- 1996: Played Gary Sinise's girlfriend in Ron Howard's "Ransom"; first major role in a studio film
- 1995: Enjoyed a nice change-of-pace as the desperate, androgynous graduate student-vampire of Abel Ferrar's "The Addiction"
- 1995: Designed the costumes for "A Candle in the Window," a stage play directed by Michael Imperioli
- 1994: Reteamed with Altman for "Ready to Wear/Pret-a-Porter," as a lesbian fashion photographer
- 1994: Played writer Edna Ferber in Alan Rudolph's "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle"
- 1993: Appeared in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" as Honey Bush, the wife of a cheating makeup artist
- 1993: Reteamed with Savoca for "Household Saints"
- 1993: Acted in Off-Broadway production of "Aven'U Boys"
- 1993: Portrayed the hometown girl left behind by Sean Astin's "Rudy"
- 1992: Acted in Emir Kusturica's "Arizona Dreaming"
- 1991: First film with director Nancy Savoca, "Dogfight"
- 1990: Featured as the widow of a soldier accidentally killed by Tom Cruise's character in "Born on the Fourth of July"
- 1989: First film with actor John Cusack, "Say Anything"; cast also included Joan Cusack and Jeremy Piven
- 1988: Screen debut, "She's Having a Baby"
- 1988: First major NYC theater role, "What Did He See?"
- 1988: First major role as the ambivalent prospective bride in "Mystic Pizza"
- 1987: TV debut, "Night of Courage" (ABC)
- 1984: Professional stage debut in the Northlight Theatre production "Bing and Walker"
- Studied acting at the Piven Theater Workshop
- Worked with famed Second City founder Del Close on the locally produced TV special "No Laughing Matter"




