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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Trelawny of the “Wells” | Stage | Miss Imogen Parrott |
| 1976 | 27 Wagons Full of Cotton | Stage | Flora Meighan |
| 1977 | Julia | Film | Anne Marie |
| 1977 | The Cherry Orchard | Stage | Dunyasha |
| 1977 | Happy End | Stage | Lieutenant Lillian Holiday |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Film | Linda |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Television | — |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Film | Joanna Kramer |
| 1979 | Manhattan | Film | — |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Film | — |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant’s Woman | Film | Sarah Woodruff / Anna |
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice | Film | Sophie Zawistowski |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | Film | — |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Film | Karen Silkwood |
| 1984 | Falling in Love | Film | — |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | Film | Karen Blixen |
| 1985 | Plenty | Film | — |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Film | — |
| 1987 | Ironweed | Film | — |
| 1988 | A Cry in the Dark | Film | Lindy Chamberlain |
| 1989 | She-Devil | Film | — |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Film | Suzanne Vale |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Film | — |
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Film | Madeline Ashton |
| 1994 | The River Wild | Film | — |
| 1995 | The Bridges of Madison County | Film | Francesca Johnson |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Film | — |
| 1996 | Before and After | Film | — |
| 1998 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Film | — |
| 1998 | One True Thing | Film | — |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Film | Roberta Guaspari |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Film | — |
| 2002 | The Hours | Film | Clarissa Vaughan |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Film | Susan Orlean |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Television | Hannah Pitt / Rabbi / Ethel Rosenberg / Continental Principality |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Film | — |
| 2005 | Prime | Film | — |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | Film | Miranda Priestly |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | Film | — |
| 2007 | Lions for Lambs | Film | — |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | Film | Donna Sheridan |
| 2008 | Doubt | Film | Sister Aloysius Beauvier |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Film | Julia Child |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Film | — |
| 2009 | It’s Complicated | Film | — |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Film | Margaret Thatcher |
| 2012 | Hope Springs | Film | — |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Film | Violet Weston |
| 2014 | Into the Woods | Film | The Witch |
| 2014 | The Giver | Film | — |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Film | — |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Film | Florence Foster Jenkins |
| 2017 | The Post | Film | Katharine Graham |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Film | Topsy |
| 2019 | Little Women | Film | Aunt March |
| 2019 | The Laundromat | Film | — |
| 2019 | Big Little Lies | Television | Mary Louise Wright |
| 2020 | Let Them All Talk | Film | Alice Hughes |
| 2020 | The Prom | Film | Dee Dee Allen |
| 2021 | Don't Look Up | Film | President Janie Orlean |
| 2023 | Only Murders in the Building | Television | Loretta Durkin |
| 2026 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Film | Miranda Priestly |
| 2027 | Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew | Film | — |