In 1996, she appeared in two films. The first role was as young Jane in "Jane Eyre". The other was a lead part in "Fly Away Home" playing a young girl who, after her mother dies, moves in with her father and finds solace in taking care of orphaned goslings. As a teenager, she had roles in films, including "A Walk on the Moon", "Amistad", "Hurlyburly", "She's All That" and "Almost Famous" as well as the English dub of "Castle in the Sky".