Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
| 1968 | With Six You Get Eggroll | Stacy Iverson | Film debut | |
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Leloopa | ||
| Last Summer | Sandy | |||
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Nella Mundine | ||
| The Baby Maker | Tish Gray | |||
| 1971 | The Pursuit of Happiness | Jane Kaufmann | ||
| 1972 | Boxcar Bertha | 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson | ||
| Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Susan | |||
| 1973 | Love Comes Quietly | Angela | (as Barbara Seagull) Atlanta Film Festival Gold Medal |
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| 1974 | The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Zanni | (as Barbara Seagull) | |
| 1975 | You and Me | Waitress | ||
| Diamonds | Sally | |||
| 1976 | The Last Hard Men | Susan Burgade | ||
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Marion Evans | ||
| 1980 | The Stunt Man | Nina Franklin | ||
| 1981 | The Entity | Carla Moran | ||
| Take This Job and Shove It | Jane Margaret "JM" Halstead | |||
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Glennis Yeager | ||
| Americana | Jess's daughter | Filmed in 1973 | ||
| 1984 | The Natural | Harriet Bird | ||
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Lee | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| Hoosiers | Myra Fleener | |||
| 1987 | Tin Men | Nora Tilley | ||
| Shy People | Ruth | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress |
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| 1988 | A World Apart | Diana Roth | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress | |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | Mary Magdalene | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | ||
| Beaches | Hillary Whitney Essex | |||
| 1990 | Tune in Tomorrow | Aunt Julia | ||
| Defenseless | Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller | |||
| 1992 | The Public Eye | Kay Levitz | ||
| 1993 | Falling Down | Elizabeth Travino | ||
| Swing Kids | Frau Müller | |||
| Splitting Heirs | Duchess Lucinda | |||
| A Dangerous Woman | Frances Beechum | |||
| 1995 | Last of the Dogmen | Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan | ||
| 1996 | The Pallbearer | Ruth Abernathy | ||
| The Portrait of a Lady | Madame Serena Merle | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
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| 1998 | Frogs for Snakes | Eva Santana | ||
| A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Marcella Willis | |||
| 1999 | Drowning on Dry Land | Kate | ||
| Breakfast of Champions | Celia Hoover | |||
| Passion | Rose Grainger | |||
| 2001 | Lantana | Dr. Valerie Sommers | ||
| 2003 | 11:14 | Norma | ||
| 2004 | Riding the Bullet | Jean Parker | Limited U.S. release Direct-to-video release in several other countries |
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| 2007 | The Bird Can't Fly | Melody | ||
| Love Comes Lately | Rosalie | |||
| 2008 | Childless | Natalie | ||
| Uncross the Stars | Hilda | |||
| 2010 | Black Swan | Erica Sayers | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated — St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress |
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| 2011 | Insidious | Lorraine Lambert | ||
| Answers to Nothing | Marilyn | |||
| Television | ||||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1965 | Gidget | Ellen | 3 episodes | |
| 1966 | The Farmer's Daughter | 2 episodes | ||
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Casey Halloway | 1 episode | ||
| The Monroes | Kathy Monroe | 26 episodes, The episode The Intruders, won the Western Heritage Award (1967) | ||
| 1967 | Daniel Boone | Dinah Hubbard | 1 episode: "The King's Schilling" | |
| 1968 | Run for Your Life | Saro-Jane | 1 episode | |
| The Invaders | Beth Ferguson | 1 episode | ||
| The High Chaparral | Moonfire | 1 episode | ||
| 1970 | Insight | Judy | 1 episode | |
| 1973 | Love Story | Farrell Edwards | 1 episode (as Barbara Seagull) | |
| 1974 | Kung Fu | Nan Chi | 2 episodes - "Beseiged: Death on Cold Mountain" & - "Beseiged: Cannon at the Gates"(as Barbara Seagull) | |
| 1976 | Flood! | Mary Cutler | Television film | |
| 1979 | A Man Called Intrepid | Madalaine | TV miniseries | |
| 1980 | From Here to Eternity | Karen Holmes | TV miniseries | |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Judy | Television film | ||
| 1982 | Twilight Theater | Various characters | ||
| American Playhouse | Call girl | |||
| Weekend | Lenore | |||
| 1983 | Faerie Tale Theater | The maid | 1 episode — "The Nightingale" | |
| 1985 | My Wicked, Wicked Ways... The Legend of Errol Flynn | Lili Damita | Television film | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jesse Dean | 1 episode — "Wake Me When I'm Dead" | ||
| 1986 | Passion Flower | Julie Gaitland | Television film | |
| 1990 | A Killing in a Small Town | Candy Morrison | Television film Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
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| 1991 | Paris Trout | Hanna Trout | Showtime film Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
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| 1992 | Stay the Night | Jimmie Sue Finger | Television film | |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Clara Allen | TV miniseries | |
| 1994 | Abraham | Sarah | TV miniseries | |
| 1998 | The Staircase | Mother Madalyn | Television film Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
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| 1999–2000 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Francesca Alberghetti | Television series - 22 episodes | |
| 2002 | Daniel Deronda | Contessa Maria Alcharisi | Television film Masterpiece Theater |
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| 2008 | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Anne Shirley as an adult | Television film | |
| 2010 | Murder on the Orient Express | Caroline Hubbard | Television series Agatha Christie's Poirot - feature-length episode | |
| 2011-present | Once Upon a Time | Cora | Television series | |
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