She gained recognition as a movie and stage Actress for her performances in Trelawny of the Wells and The World According to Garp.
She made her film debut in the Woody Allen film Interiors.
She provided the voice of Jean Seberg in 1995's From the Journals of Jean Seberg.
She was married to william Hurt from 1971 to 1982 and, in 1983, she married Paul Schrader. She has two children named Molly and Sam.
She acted in the 2005 film The Exorcism of Emily Rose, which starred Jennifer Carpenter.
