Filmography and Awards
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
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| 1986 | Children of a Lesser God | Sarah Norman | Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
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| 1987 | Walker | Ellen Martin | ||
| 1991 | The Linguini Incident | Jeanette | ||
| L'Homme au masque d'or | María | |||
| 1991–1994 | Reasonable Doubts | Tess Kaufman | 44 episodes
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (1992) Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (1993) |
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| 1993 | Hear No Evil | Jillian Shanahan | ||
| Seinfeld | Laura | The Lip Reader (Season 5 Episode 6)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (1994) |
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| 1993–1996 | Picket Fences | Mayor Laurie Bey | 13 episodes
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (1994) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1996) |
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| 1994 | Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story | Carrie Buck |
Nominated – CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series |
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| 1996 | It's My Party | Daphne Stark | ||
| Snitch | Cindy | |||
| 1997 | The Larry Sanders Show | Herself | The Book (Season 5 Episode 10) | |
| Spin City | Sarah Edelman | Deaf Becomes Her (Season 1 Episode 20) | ||
| 1998 | When Justice Fails | Katy Wesson | ||
| In Her Defense | Jane Claire | |||
| 1999 | Freak City | Cassandra | ||
| Where The Truth Lies | Dana Sue Lacey | |||
| 1999–2006 | The West Wing | Josephine "Joey" Lucas | 17 episodes | |
| 2000 | The Practice | Sally Berg | Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2000) | |
| Two Shades of Blue | Beth McDaniels | |||
| 2001 | Askari | Paula McKinley | ||
| 2004 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | Amanda | ||
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives | Alisa Stevens | There Won't Be Trumpets (Season 1 Episode 17) | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Amy Solwey | Painless (Season 5, Episode 22) & Parts (Season 6, Episode 22)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2004) |
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| 2006 | What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole | Amanda | ||
| CSI: NY | Mrs. Mitchum | Silent Night (Season 3 Episode 12) | ||
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | Herself | Guest star in Family Llanes (Season 3 Episode 67) | ||
| 2007–2009 | The L Word | Jodi Lerner | 29 episodes | |
| My Name Is Earl | Ruby Whitlow | |||
| 2008 | Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Laura Miller | TV film | |
| 2009 | Silent Knights | Charlotte Manning | (pre-production) | |
| Seth & Alex's Comedy Show | Herself | (TV Special) defending herself against Family Guy satire | ||
| 2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Julia Holden | "The Two Mrs. Grissoms" with Jorja Fox and Phyllis Frelich (Season 11 episode 13) | |
| The Celebrity Apprentice | Herself | Runner-Up | ||
| Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump | Herself | |||
| 2011–present | Switched at Birth | Melody Bledsoe | ||
| 2012 | Family Guy | Stella | Episode: The Blind Side | |
| 2012 | Excision | Amber |
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