- 2009: Played a Los Angeles Times editor in "The Soloist"
- 2008: Co-starred in Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, "Synecdoche, New York"
- 2007: Portrayed Gertrude Baniszewski, the seemingly ordinary housewife who imprisoned and tortured a beautiful teenager in Tommy O'Haver's "An American Crime"; earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a TV-movie
- 2007: Played Jan Burres in Sean Penn's adaptation of the non-fiction book, "Into the Wild"; earned a SAG nomination for Supporting Actress
- 2006: Co-starred with Joan Cusack, Jennifer Aniston and Frances McDormand in Nicole Holofcener's "Friends with Money"
- 2005: Portrayed writer, Harper Lee, opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman in the drama "Capote"; earned Oscar and SAG nominations for Supporting Actress
- 2005: Co-starred with Daniel Day-Lewis in "The Ballad of Jack and Rose"
- 2005: Cast as Steve Carell's love interest in Judd Apatow's "40-Year-Old Virgin"
- 2002: Co-starred with Edward Norton in the Off-Broadway revival of "Burn This"
- 2002: Appeared in Steven Soderbergh's ensemble film "Full Frontal"
- 2001: Starred in the critically acclaimed "Lovely and Amazing"; the second feature by writer/director, Nicole Holofcener
- 1999: Played Nick Nolte's girlfriend in Matthew Warchus' screen adaptation of Sam Shepard's stage play "Simpatico"
- 1999: Earned critical praise as Maxine, the bitchy co-worker of John Cusack in Spike Jonze's "Being John Malkovich"; earned first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress
- 1998: Had a cameo as George Clooney's former mistress in "Out of Sight"
- 1998: Played Ben Stiller's significant other who flirts with lesbianism in Neil LaBute's "Your Friends & Neighbors"
- 1997: Fifth film with DiCillo, "The Real Blonde"
- 1996: Starred opposite Anne Heche in Nicole Holofcener's feature directorial debut, "Walking and Talking"
- 1996: Re-teamed with DiCillo for "Box of Moonlight"
- 1996: Appeared in "If These Walls Could Talk" (HBO), as Demi Moore's judgmental sister-in-law
- 1995: First lead in a feature, Tom DiCillo's "Living in Oblivion" (a feature length version of "Scene Six, Take One")
- 1994: Re-teamed with DiCillo for the 17-minute comedy short, "Scene Six, Take One"
- 1992: Appeared as an artist on an episode of "Seinfeld" (NBC) called "The Letter"
- 1991: First film with writer/director Tom DiCillo, "Johnny Suede"; acted opposite Brad Pitt
- 1989: TV-movie debut, "Curse of the Corn People" (CBS)
- 1989: First film with future husband, Dermot Mulroney, "Survival Quest"
- 1987: Series debut as regular, "Ohara" (ABC)
- 1986: TV debut, "The Alan King Show" (CBS)
- 1986: Cast by Eisenstadt in film debut, "About Last Night"
- After college, moved to NYC to work as an intern at the Hughes-Moss casting agency
- Moved to Los Angeles and worked as an assistant to casting director Gail Eisenstadt
- Enrolled in a theater course her sophomore year at Wheaton College
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