Hart made her first film appearance in Sidney Lumet's "The Verdict" (1982) as half of the bewildered working-class couple that hires dissolute lawyer Paul Newman. Her subsequent credits included "Oh, God! You Devil" (1984), "Highlander" (1986), and "Once Around" (1991). Hart made the transition to TV series regular playing chief operating nurse Camille Shutt on the ambitious medical drama "Chicago Hope" (CBS, 1994-96). Her character was also the estranged wife of a brilliant neurosurgeon portrayed by Adam Arkin.