Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | Women in Revolt | Girl extra at bar | uncredited |
| 1972 | Prime Cut | Poppy | |
| 1973 | The Girls of Huntington House | Sara | TV film |
| The Waltons | Sarah Jane Simmonds | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Badlands | Holly Sargis | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer | |
| 1974 | Ginger in the Morning | Ginger | TV film |
| The Migrants | Wanda Trimpin | ||
| 1975 | Katherine | Katherine Alman | TV film (also known as The Radical) |
| 1976 | Carrie | Carietta "Carrie" White | Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress |
| Welcome to L.A. | Linda Murray | ||
| 1977 | 3 Women | Pinky Rose | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1978 | Verna: U.S.O. Girl | Verna Vane | TV film |
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn | Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Heart Beat | Carolyn Cassady | ||
| 1981 | Raggedy Man | Nita Longley | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1982 | Missing | Beth Horman | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1983 | The Man with Two Brains | Anne Uumellmahaye | voice (uncredited) |
| 1984 | The River | Mae Garvey | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| Terror in the Aisles | archival footage | ||
| 1985 | Marie | Marie Ragghianti | |
| 1986 | Violets Are Blue | Augusta 'Gussie' Sawyer | |
| 'night, Mother | Jessie Cates | ||
| Crimes of the Heart | Babe Magrath Botrelle | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress |
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| 1990 | The Long Walk Home | Miriam Thompson | |
| 1991 | Hard Promises | Christine Ann Coalter | |
| JFK | Liz Garrison | ||
| 1992 | A Private Matter | Sherri Finkbine | TV film |
| 1994 | A Place for Annie | Susan Lansing | Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| Trading Mom | Various Roles | aka The Mommy Market | |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys | Spring Renfro | Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| The Grass Harp | Verena Talbo | ||
| Streets of Laredo | Lorena Parker | TV mini-series Bronze Wrangler for Television Feature Film Television Feature Film |
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| 1996 | Beyond the Call | Pam O'Brien | TV film |
| If These Walls Could Talk | Barbara Barrows | TV film, Segment "1974" | |
| 1997 | Affliction | Margie Fogg | |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | Helen Thomas Webber | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| The Straight Story | Rose 'Rosie' Straight | Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture |
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| 2000 | Songs in Ordinary Time | Marie Fermoyle | TV film |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler | AFI Actress of the Year Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| Midwives | Sibyl Danforth | Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
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| 2002 | Last Call | Zelda Fitzgerald | Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| Tuck Everlasting | Mae Tuck | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2004 | A Home at the End of the World | Alice Glover | |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Ruth | Locarno International Film Festival Award for Best Actress Ensemble Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast |
| The Ring Two | Evelyn | ||
| North Country | Alice Aimes | ||
| 2006 | An American Haunting | Lucy Bell | |
| Summer Running: The Race to Cure Breast Cancer | Mrs. Flora Good | ||
| 2007 | Gray Matters | Sydney | |
| Hot Rod | Marie Powell | ||
| Pictures of Hollis Woods | Josie Cahill | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | |
| 2008 | Lake City | Maggie | |
| Four Christmases | Paula (Brad's Mom) | ||
| 2009 | Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People | Narrator | TV mini-series |
| Get Low | Mattie Darrow | Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2010–2011 | Big Love | Marilyn Densham | 5 episodes Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| 2011 | The Help | Mrs. Walters | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2012 | Deadfall | June | |
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