Selected career chronology
Credits Index
Major screen, stage, music, sport or broadcast work. This is a selected public-career index, not a complete employment history.
| Year | Title | Medium | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Oleanna | Stage | — |
| 1993 | Kafka Dances | Stage | — |
| 1994 | Heartland | TV | Elizabeth Ashton |
| 1995 | Bordertown | TV | Bianca |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Film | — |
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Film | — |
| 1997 | Thank God He Met Lizzie | Film | — |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Film | Elizabeth I |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Film | — |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband | Film | — |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | Film | — |
| 2000 | The Gift | Film | — |
| 2000 | The Man Who Cried | Film | — |
| 2001 | Bandits | Film | — |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Film | — |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Film | — |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Film | Galadriel |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Film | Galadriel |
| 2003 | The Missing | Film | — |
| 2003 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Film | — |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Film | Galadriel |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Film | — |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Film | — |
| 2005 | Little Fish | Film | — |
| 2006 | Babel | Film | — |
| 2006 | The Good German | Film | — |
| 2007 | I’m Not There | Film | — |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Film | — |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Film | — |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Film | Irina Spalko |
| 2009 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stage | Blanche DuBois |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Film | — |
| 2010 | Uncle Vanya | Stage | Yelena |
| 2011 | Hanna | Film | — |
| 2011 | Gross und Klein | Stage | Lotte |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Film | Galadriel |
| 2013 | Blue Jasmine | Film | Jasmine |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Film | Galadriel |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men | Film | — |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Film | — |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Film | Galadriel |
| 2015 | Carol | Film | — |
| 2015 | Truth | Film | — |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Film | — |
| 2015 | The Present | Stage | — |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | Film | — |
| 2017 | The Present (Broadway) | Stage | — |
| 2018 | Ocean’s 8 | Film | — |
| 2018 | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Film | — |
| 2019 | Where’d You Go, Bernadette | Film | — |
| 2019 | When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other | Stage | — |
| 2020 | Mrs. America | Television | Phyllis Schlafly |
| 2020 | Stateless | Television | Pat Masters |
| 2020 | Stateless | Television | Co-creator; co-executive producer |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Film | — |
| 2021 | Don’t Look Up | Film | — |
| 2022 | Tár | Film | Lydia Tár |
| 2023 | The New Boy | Film | — |
| 2024 | Rumours | Film | — |
| 2024 | Borderlands | Film | — |
| 2024 | Disclaimer | Television | Catherine Ravenscroft |
| 2025 | Black Bag | Film | Kathryn St. Jean |
| 2025 | Father Mother Sister Brother | Film | — |
| 2025 | The Seagull | Stage | Arkadina |
| 2026 | Electra / Persona | Stage | — |