RECENT CREDITS
Diamonds (TV)  May. 26, 2009
The Starter Wife (TV)  Dec. 12, 2008
Masters of Science Fiction (TV)  Aug. 4, 2007
The Starter Wife (TV)  Jun. 28, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
2007 Played Molly's (Debra Messing) oldest friend, Joan in the USA Network miniseries, "The Starter Wife"
2006 Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for "A Little Thing Called Murder"
2006 Portrayed The Comtesse de Noailles in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Diamonds  2009 -Senator Joan Cameron
Actor
TV
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The Starter Wife  2008 -Joan McAllister
Actor
TV
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Actor
TV


Masters of Science Fiction  2007 -Dr. Deanna Evans
Actor
TV
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The Starter Wife  2007 -Joan McAllister
Actor
TV
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Marie Antoinette  2006 -La Comtesse de Noailles
Actor
Film


The Break-Up  2006 -Marilyn Dean
Actor
Film


A Little Thing Called Murder  2006 -Sante Kimes
Actor
TV


Swimming Upstream  2005 -Dora Fingleton
Actor
Film


Coast to Coast  2004 -Maxine Pierce
Actor
TV


The Reagans (Showtime)  2003 -Nancy Reagan
Actor
TV


Gaudi Afternoon  2003 -Cassandra Reilly
Actor
Film


The Man Who Sued God  2001 -Anna Redmond
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


A Cooler Climate  1999 -Paula Tanner
Actor
TV


Dash and Lilly  1999 -Lillian Hellman
Actor
TV


Celebrity  1998 -Robin Simon
Actor
Film


The Echo of Thunder  1998 -Gladwyn Ritchie
Actor
TV


Deconstructing Harry  1997 -Lucy
Actor
Film


Children of the Revolution  1997 -Joan Fraser
Actor
Film


Blood & Wine  1997 -Suzanne Gates
Actor
Film


Absolute Power  1997 -Gloria Russell
Actor
Film


The New Age  1994 -Katherine Whitner
Actor
Film


The Ref  1994 -Caroline
Actor
Film


Husbands and Wives  1992 -Sally
Actor
Film


Where Angels Fear to Tread  1992 -Harriet Herriton
Actor
Film


One Against the Wind  1991 -Mary Lindell
Actor
TV


Impromptu  1991 -George Sand
Actor
Film


Barton Fink  1991 -Audrey Taylor
Actor
Film


Naked Lunch  1991 -Joan Frost, Joan Lee
Actor, Actor
Film


Alice (Paramount)  1990 -Vicki
Actor
Film


Georgia  1989 -Georgia, Nina
Actor, Actor
Film


High Tide  1987 -Lilli
Actor
Film


Kangaroo  1987 -Harriet Somers
Actor
Film


Rocket to the Moon  1986 -Cleo Singer
Actor
TV


A Passage to India  1984 -Adela Quested
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A Woman Called Golda  1982 -Young Golda
Actor
TV


Hoodwink  1982 -Sarah
Actor
Film


Heatwave  1982 -Kate Dean
Actor
Film


My Brilliant Career  1980 -Sybylla Melvyn
Actor
Film


High Rolling  1977 -Lynn
Actor
Film


Naked Making Lunch   -Herself
Actor
Film


On My Own   -Mother
Actor
Film


Who Dares Wins   -Frankie Leith
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2007 Played Molly's (Debra Messing) oldest friend, Joan in the USA Network miniseries, "The Starter Wife"
2006 Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for "A Little Thing Called Murder"
2006 Portrayed The Comtesse de Noailles in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette"
2005 Portrayed Dora Fingleton, the long-suffering mother of champion swimmer Tony Fingleton in the true story "Swimming Upstream"
2003 Portrayed Nancy Reagan in the controversal television movie "The Reagans"; earned a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (2004)
2003 Cast as an American translator who agress to help a friend locate her missing husband in "Gaudi Afternoon"
2001 Portrayed Judy Garland in the ABC miniseries "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows", adapted from Lorna Luft's memoir; won second Emmy
2001 Starred in the Australian box office hit "The Man Who Sued God"
1999 Cast as Lillian Hellman opposite Sam Shepard as Dashiell Hammett in the A&E biopic "Dash & Lilly", directed by Kathy Bates; picked up another Emmy nomination as Best Actress
1999 Stage directorial debut with the Australian premiere of the one-man show "Barrymore"
1999 Starred opposite Sally Field in "A Cooler Climate" (Showtime); received sixth Emmy nomination
1998 Received Emmy nomination playing a struggling farmer in Australia's Outback faced with raising her husband's daughter from his first marriage in "Echo of Thunder" (CBS)
1998 Had featured role as a teacher whose marriage crumbles in Allen's "Celebrity"
1997 Had featured role as the ex-wife of Jack Nicholson in "Blood & Wine"
1997 Third teaming with Woody Allen. "Deconstructing Harry"
1996 Returned to Australian films as star of "Children of the Revolution"; reteamed onscreen with Sam Neill
1995 Played the lesbian lover of a US Army nurse in "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story" (NBC); received Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
1994 Teamed with Denis Leary and Kevin Spacey for the quirky comedy "The Ref"
1993 Was set to co-star with Jonathan Pryce and River Phoenix in "Dark Blood"; project terminated after Phoenix's death
1992 Received Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her memorable performance as a woman undergoing a divorce who finds a new love in Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives"
1991 Played George Sand in the period drama "Impromptu"
1991 Earned first Emmy nomination as a British woman involved with the French Underground during WWII in "One Against the Wind" (CBS); again paired with Sam Neill; earned Emmy nomination
1990 First US-produced film, "Alice", directed by Woody Allen
1989 US stage debut in Los Angeles production of Tom Stoppard's play "Hapgood"
1987 Reteamed with Gillian Armstrong for "High Tide"; film co-starred Friels
1986 First feature pairing with husband Colin Friels, "Kangaroo"
1984 Received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her most widely seen performance to that date, as Adela Quested in David Lean's "A Passage to India"
1982 First non-Australian screen credit, the British thriller, "Who Dares Wins/The Final Conflict"
1982 Portrayed the young Golda Meir in the syndicated miniseries "A Woman Called Golda"; received first Emmy nomination
1979 Breakthrough screen role as Sybylla international and acclaim acclaim as star of "My Brilliant Career", directed by Gillian Armstrong; co-starred Sam Neill
1977 Screen acting debut, "High Rolling"; had one line
Dropped out of convent school to sing in a rock band
Appeared on stage with theater companies in Adelaide and Sydney, Australia and with the Royal Court Theatre in London


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