Her breakout performance as a film actress came in 1979 playing the role of Robert Duvall's daughter in "The Great Santini". She has acted in over two dozen films, including "American Pop", "The Cotton Club, Peggy Sue Got Married," "The Big Easy", "When Harry Met Sally...", and "Coneheads." In her role as Katrina in "Destiny Turns on the Radio" (1995), she gave actor/director Quentin Tarantino his first on-screen kiss. In 2013, she appeared in "I Am Divine", Jeffrey Schwarz's documentary about the actor Divine.