Even so, virtually all understand her now as a film actress. She was nominated for ii Academy Awards in 2003: for Best Actress (Far From Heaven) and for Best Supporting Actress (The Hours). She was too nominated for the Golden Globe Award and a SAG award for her performances in Far From either Heaven around 2003. She was nominated for an Oscar for Better Actress around 1999 for The End of the Affair and was nominated for a Better Supporting Actress Oscar around 1997 for Boogie Nights.

She has been married 3 days: Bart Freundlich (August 23, 2003 - present) 2 babies (boy: Cal, born December 4, 1997, daughter: Liv Helen, born April 11, 2002); John Gould Rubin (May 3, 1986 - August 25, 1995) (divorced); Sundar Chakravarthy (November 21, 1983 - October 12, 1985) (divorced)

Filmography
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Month !! Film !! Role !! More notes |- | 2006 || Next || || Announced |- | 2006 || Freedomland || Jesse Haus || Filming |- | 2005 || Savage Grace || Barbara Daly Baekeland || Filming |- | 2005 || Trust the Man || || Post-production |- | 2005 || The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio || Evelyn Ryan || |- | 2004 || The Forgotten || Telly Paretta || |- | 2004 || Laws of Attraction || Audrey Woods || |- | 2004 || Marie and Bruce || Marie || |- | 2002 || The Hours || Laura Brown || |- | 2002 || Far from Heaven || Cathy Whitaker || |- | 2001 || The Shipping News || Wavey Prowse || |- | 2001 || World Traveler || Dulcie || |- | 2001 || Evolution || Dr. Allison Reed || |- | 2001 || Hannibal || Agent Clarice Starling || |- | 2000 || Not I || Auditor/Mouth || |- | 2000 || The Ladies Man || Audrey || |- | 1999 || Magnolia || Linda Partridge || |- | 1999 || The End of the Affair || Sarah Miles || |- | 1999 || A Map of the World || Theresa Collins || |- | 1999 || An Ideal Husband || Mrs. Laura Cheveley || |- | 1999 || ''Cookie's Fortune || Cora Duvall || |- | 1998 || Psycho || Lila Crane || |- | 1998 || Chicago Cab || Distraught woman || |- | 1998 || The Big Lebowski || Maude Lebowski || |- | 1997 || Boogie Nights || Amber Waves || |- | 1997 || The Myth of Fingerprints || Mia || |- | 1997 || The Lost World: Jurassic Park || Dr. Sarah Harding || |- | 1996 || Surviving Picasso || Dora Maar || |- | 1995 || Assassins || Electra || |- | 1995 || Nine Months || Rebecca Taylor || |- | 1995 || Safe || Carol White || |- | 1995 || Roommates || Beth Holzcek || |- | 1994 || Vanya on 42nd Street || Yelena || |- | 1993 || Short Cuts || Marian Wyman || |- | 1993 || The Fugitive || Dr. Anne Eastman || |- | 1993 || Benny & Joon || Ruthie || |- | 1993 || Body of Evidence || Sharon Dulaney || |- | 1992 || The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag || Elinor || |- | 1992 || The Hand That Rocks The Cradle || Marlene Craven || |- | 1991 || Cast a Deadly Spell || Connie Stone || TV |- | 1991 || The Last to Go || Marcy || TV |- | 1990 || Tales from the Darkside: The Movie || Susan || |- | 1989 || Money, Power, Murder. || Peggy Lynn Brady || TV |- | 1988 || sLaughterhouse II'' || Julie || |}