Place played a Mormon mother in the film "Latter Days" (2003). From 2006 to 2011, she had a recurring role in HBO's "Big Love", playing Adaleen Grant, the mother of the Chloë Sevigny character, Nicki. She also had a recurring role on the HBO comedy "Bored to Death". Lily Tomlin and Place did the pilot and 5 episodes of "12 Miles of Bad Road" from Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who wrote television scripts with Place in the 1970s. HBO chose not to air the series, and producers were seeking other networks to air it.