She was awarded the 2008 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role for her performance as "Mattie Fay Aiken" in the play, "August: Osage County" performed first at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago and at the Imperial Theater in New York City.
Has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 1979.
Starred as Madame Morrible in the Chicago production of "Wicked".
Tony Award winner: Actress (Featured Role) in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play - "August: Osage County" - by Tracy Letts.
She was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "Stepping Out" at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.