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Biography

Her profile in film and on television was somewhat lower, though she worked steadily in bit and supporting parts for directors ranging from Steven Soderbergh with "Out of Sight" (1998) and "Solaris" (2002) and Oliver Stone with "World Trade Center (2006), as well as in countless television series. Her turn as the morally ambiguous mother of a sexually abused student in "Doubt" (2008) gained near universal acclaim from critics, as did her turn …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

August 11, 1965

LATEST CREDITS

Century City

Hannah Crane

Beautiful Creatures

Amma

Untitled (Viola Davis/Barbara Jordan Biopic)

Actor

Won't Back Down

Nona Alberts

Oprah's Oscar Special

Actor

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Molly Crane

The Architect

Tonya Neely

Traveler

Agent Jan 'Naj' Marlow

The Help

Aibileen Clark

The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life Is Not a Fairy Tale

Diane Barrino

Poof!

Florence

Jesse Stone: Night Passage

Molly Crane

Solaris

Helen Gordon

The Pentagon Wars

Fanning

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

Molly Crane

Robert B. Parker's Stone Cold

Molly Crane

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Dr. Eden Minerva

The Precious One

Actor

Trust

Gail Friedman

Doubt

Mrs Miller

Eat Pray Love

Delia Shiraz

Far From Heaven

Sybil

Knight and Day

Director George

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Abby Black

Nights in Rodanthe

Jean