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She has been nominated for three Emmy Awards. In 1997, she won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for
Road to Avonlea. In 1999, she was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn. In 2008, she was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for
In Treatment.
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Theatre Awards
Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for The Art of Dining (1980) (Nomination)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for other Places and Serenading Louie (1984) (Nominations)
Outstanding Actress in a Play for Hunting Cockroaches (1987) (Nomination)
Theatre World Awards
For The Art of Dining (1980) (Won)
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She has been nominated for 4 SAG Awards. In 2001 and 2002, she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for her role as Interim District Attorney Nora Lewin in Law & Order. In 1997, she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast, for the film, The Birdcage. In 1995, she won the SAG for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for the film, Bullets Over Broadway.
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Keanu Reeves, who is sixteen years her junior, proposed to her during the filming of
Parenthood.
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She currently lives in New York City, New York.
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She was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1985" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37.
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Her first film was It's My Turn.
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She appeared with
Steven Hill in
It's My Turn. In 2000, she succeeded him as the District Attorney on
Law & Order.
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In 1989, she received her second Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Parenthood.
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She usually plays somewhat off-kilter women struggling with life's everyday problems.
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She is currently dating a Hollywood agent named Sam Cohn.
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Her surname is pronounced "Wee-st."
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She majored in drama at the University of Maryland but dropped out when she was hired by the American Shakespeare Company.
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She has never been married and has rarely been romantically linked with anyone.
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In April 2005, her daughter Emily and two teenage classmates from The Beekman School, a high school located in an East Side townhouse, were accused of robbing and beating up a fourth student on a midtown sidewalk after getting into a shoving and pushing match on school property.
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Her father was an Army pilot and her mother was a nurse.
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She won both of her Oscars for performances in films directed and written by
Woody Allen,
Hannah and Her Sisters and
Bullets Over Broadway.
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She has two adopted daughters, Emily (b. 1987) and Lily (b. 1991).
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She wanted to be a ballerina as a child.
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She has two brothers, Donald and Gregory.