Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Up in Smoke | Woman playing guitar | Uncredited |
| 1981 | Kent State | Student | Uncredited TV movie |
| 1981 | We're Fighting Back | Chris Capoletti | TV movie |
| 1982 | Diner | Beth Schreiber | |
| 1982 | Parole | Donna | TV movie |
| 1983 | Tender Mercies | Sue Ann | |
| 1983 | Daniel | Phyllis Isaacson | |
| 1983 | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Virginia | |
| 1983 | Eddie and the Cruisers | Maggie Foley | |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Kate Wilowski | |
| 1984 | Terrible Joe Moran | Ronnie | TV movie |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Penny Priddy | |
| 1985 | Terminal Choice | Mary O'Connor | |
| 1986 | Desert Bloom | Aunt Starr | Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress |
| 1986 | Act of Vengeance | Annette Gilly | |
| 1986 | Down by Law | Laurette | |
| 1986 | The Princess Who Had Never Laughed | Princess Henrietta | TV movie |
| 1987 | The Big Easy | Anne Osborne | Sant Jordi Award for Best Actress |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven | Lucille | Uncredited |
| 1987 | Siesta | Claire | |
| 1988 | Clinton and Nadine | Nadine Powers | TV movie CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries |
| 1989 | Johnny Handsome | Sunny Boyd | Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Helen Cruger | Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress |
| 1991 | Switch | Amanda Brooks | Nomination - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1991) |
| 1992 | Mac | Oona Goldfarb | |
| 1992 | Man Trouble | Joan Pruance | |
| 1992 | Into the West | Kathleen | |
| 1993 | This Boy's Life | Caroline Wolff Hansen | |
| 1995 | Bad Company | Margaret Wells | |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Calamity Jane | |
| 1996 | The Fan | Jewel Stern | |
| 1996 | Mad Dog Time | Rita Everly | |
| 1997 | Before Women Had Wings | Glory Marie Jackson | Golden Satellite Awards – Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television – (1997) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (1997) Nomination - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (1997) |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Waitress at North Star Cafe | |
| 1999 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Annette Atkins | |
| 1999 | The White River Kid | Eva Nell La Fangory | |
| 2000 | Crime and Punishment in Suburbia | Maggie Skolnick | |
| 2000 | Mercy | Det. Cathy Palmer | |
| 2001 | King of the Hill | Leonore | 1 episode: Hank and the Great Glass Elevator |
| 2001 | Someone Like You | Diane Roberts | |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Margo Chadwick | |
| 2004 | Palindromes | Joyce Victor | |
| 2005 | Trust the Man | Norah | |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Abigail Sponder | |
| 2009 | Brooklyn's Finest | Agent Smith | |
| 2009 | Happy Tears | Shelly | |
| 2010 | Operation: Endgame | Empress | |
| 2010 | Twelve | Jessica's mother | |
| 2010 | The Chameleon | Kimberly Miller | |
| 2010 | Shit Year | Colleen West | |
| 2011 | Mann's World | Pilot TV series | |
| 2011 | Another Happy Day | Lynn | |
| 2012 | Modern Family | Mitzy Roth | One episode: Send Out the Clowns |
| 2012 | The New Normal | Jane Forrest | |
| 2013 | Very Good Girls | Lilly's mother | Post-production |
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