With a distinguished career like hers, it’s hard to pick a favorite (but I’ll try). Who can forget her embarrassment when her
vibrator gets discovered in
Parenthood (which earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nods), or her understanding
Avon lady when she discovers Edward in
Edward Scissorhands, or her numerous Oscar/Golden Globe-winning, scene-saving/stealing, “
Don’t speak” moments with John Cusack in
Bullets over Broadway (like this one (@1:00). This Woody Allen muse (he’s used her in four of his films) doesn’t limit her talents to the big screen; she has also played a “steel fist in a velvet glove” as D.A. Nora Lewin on
Law & Order and given a hauntingly realistic portrayal of Paul’s therapist
Gina on
In Treatment (which earned her both an Emmy and a Golden Globe). Next up, you can catch her in
The Odd Life of Timothy Green, coming to theaters August 15.