In the 1970s, she had small roles in popular films such as "The Sting", "The Way We Were", "A Star Is Born" and "Private Benjamin". She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for "Anna" (1987), and she won a Golden Globe Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture. Her performance received widespread critical praise, in a performance that "Washington Post" deemed "superb" and Los Angeles Times rated her as one of the best actresses of the decade.