In 1995, she starred in her first film. "Normal Life", a crime drama, was her film debut; she played the sister of a bank robber played by Luke Perry. In "Peppermills", she portrayed a kleptomaniac. Walsh appeared in the cult film '. She gained attention in a major Hollywood production as Will Ferrell's character's wife in the family comedy, "Kicking & Screaming". Walsh has appeared in several other films with Ferrell, including "Bewitched" and in ', an "alternate film" to "".