Her roles have included the 2004 Alexander Payne film Sideways, in which she played Phyliis, the mother of the lead character.
On stage, she has appeared off-Broadway in Fuddy Meers in 1999, winning the Drama Desk Award for Featured Actress in a Play, and in Kimberly Akimbo in 2003, receiving a Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play nomination.
She also played the role of Jack's mother in the 2002 Broadway revival of Into the Woods.