- 2008: Joined an ensemble cast for the Coen's brothers' "Burn After Reading"
- 2007: Co-starred with George Clooney in Tony Gilroy's "Michael Clayton"; earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actress
- 2007: Portrayed a forensic psychologist in the indie movie "Stephanie Daley"
- 2005: Cast as the White Witch in Andrew Adamson's feature adaptation of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
- 2005: Played as an ex-flame of Bill Murray's in Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers"
- 2004: Co-starred with Ewan McGregor in the thriller "Young Adam"
- 2003: Cast opposite Michael Caine in "The Statement
- 2002: Was featured alongside Meryl Streep and Nicolas Cage in "Adaptation"
- 2001: Had featured role as a smooth-talking cryogenics saleswoman in "Vanilla Sky"
- 2001: Portrayed a mother who goes to any length to protect her son in "The Deep End"; screened at Sundance
- 2000: Played Sal, the leader of the Beach community in Danny Boyle's feature adaptation of "The Beach"
- 1999: Co-starred in "The War Zone"
- 1998: Third teaming with Maybury in his feature directorial debut "Love Is the Devil"
- 1997: Portrayed Ada Byron in "Conceiving Ada"
- 1996: Co-starred in the controversial "Female Perversions"
- 1995: Was part of an art installation entitled "The Maybe" in London and Rome, which consisted of her sleeping for eight hours at a time; part of a collaboration with Cornelia Parker
- 1994: Final film with Jarman, was one of the voices in "Blue"
- 1993: Reteamed with Maybury for "Remembrance of Things Fast"
- 1992: Breakthrough screen lead in "Orlando" directed by Sally Potter
- 1992: Recreated her stage role in John Maybury's film version of "Man to Man"; played a woman who assumed her husband's identity
- 1991: Cast as Queen Isabella in Jarman's "Edward II"
- 1986: Film debut, "Caravaggio"; first of seven collaborations with director Derek Jarman
- Toured Europe with the Cambridge Mummers production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Performed onstage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Travers Theater in Edinburgh
- British TV debut, "Zastrozzi"




