Early life

Hurt was born Mary Supinger in 1946 in Marshalltown, Iowa, the daughter of Delores Lenore (née Andre) and Forrest Clayton Supinger. Her childhood babysitter was actress Jean Seberg, also a Marshalltown native. Hurt studied drama at the University of Iowa and at New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

Hurt made her New York stage debut in 1974. Hurt was nominated for three Tony Awards for her Broadway performances in Trelawny of the Wells, Crimes of the Heart (for which she won an Obie) and Benefactors.

Hurt made her film debut in Woody Allen's dramatic film Interiors as Joey, the middle of three sisters dealing with the emotional fallout of a family's disintegration and their mother's descent into mental illness. Other film roles include Laura in Chilly Scenes of Winter; Helen Holm Garp in The World According to Garp; and as Regina Beaufort in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence. Hurt also played Jean Seberg, in voice-over, in Mark Rappaport's 1995 documentary From the Journals of Jean Seberg.

Hurt was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance in 2006 movie The Dead Girl and has also been nominated for a BAFTA, Drama Desk and earned an Obie Award for her role in Crimes of the Heart (1981).

Personal life

Hurt was married to actor William Hurt from 1971 to 1981. After that marriage ended in divorce she remarried, to writer/film director Paul Schrader in 1983. They have a daughter and a son.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Interiors	Joey
1979	Chilly Scenes of Winter	Laura
1980	Change of Seasons, AA Change of Seasons	Kasey Evans
1982	World According to Garp, TheThe World According to Garp	Helen Holm
1985	D.A.R.Y.L.	Joyce Richardson
1985	Compromising Positions	Peg Tuccio
1989	Parents	Lily Laemle
1989	Slaves of New York	Ginger Booth
1991	Defenseless	Ellie Seldes
1992	Light Sleeper	Teresa Aranow
1993	My Boyfriend's Back	Mrs. Dingle
1993	Age of Innocence, TheThe Age of Innocence	Regina Beaufort
1993	Shimmer	Mother
1993	Six Degrees of Separation	Kitty
1994	Noisy Nora	Narrator (voice)	Short film
1995	Alkali, Iowa	June	Short film
1997	Boys Life 2	June Gudmanson
1997	Affliction	Lillian Whitehouse Horner
1998	Weekend with Wendell, AA Weekend with Wendell	Narrator (voice)	Short film
1999	Bringing Out the Dead	Nurse Constance
1999	Leo the Late Bloomer	Narrator (voice)	Short film
2000	Autumn in New York	Dr. Sibley
2000	Family Man, TheThe Family Man	Adelle
2005	Exorcism of Emily Rose, TheThe Exorcism of Emily Rose	Judge Brewster
2005	Perception	Dorothy
2006	Lady in the Water	Mrs. Bell
2006	Dead Girl, TheThe Dead Girl	Ruth
2007	Walker, TheThe Walker	Chrissie Morgan
2008	Untraceable	Stella Marsh
2010	Lebanon, Pa.	Jennette
2011	Young Adult	Jan
2013	Volunteer, TheThe Volunteer	Donna

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Ann in Blue	Off. Elizabeth Jensen	TV film
1976	Kojak	Karen Foster	Episodes: "A Shield for Murder: Parts 1 & 2"
1977	Great Performances	Caroline Mitford	Episode: "Secret Service"
1979	Five Forty-Eight, TheThe Five Forty-Eight	Jane Dent	TV film
1987	Baby Girl Scott	Wendy Scott	TV film
1988	Tattingers	Sheila Bradley	Episode: "Death and Taxis"
1990	Thirtysomething	Emily Dickinson	Episode: "I'm Nobody, Who Are You?"
1990	Working It Out	Andy	Main role (12 episodes)
1994	Monty	Adelaide	Episode: "The Brother of the Bride"
1996	Law & Order	Sela Dixon	Episode: "Deceit"
2000	Beat, TheThe Beat	Eleanor	Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
2001	No Ordinary Baby	Dr. Amanda Gordon	TV film
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jessica Blaine-Todd	Episode: "Greed"
2009	Law & Order	Judge Gillian Berrow	Episode: "Promote This!"

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	More Than You Deserve	Uncle Remus
1974	Love for Love	Miss Prue
1974	Rules of the Game, TheThe Rules of the Game	Clara	Understudy
1975	Trelawny of the 'Wells'	Rose Trelawny
1975	Member of the Wedding, TheThe Member of the Wedding	Frankie Addams
1976	Boy Meets Girl	Susie
1976	Secret Service	Caroline Mitford
1977	Cherry Orchard, TheThe Cherry Orchard	Anya
1981	Crimes of the Heart	Meg MaGrath
1983	Misanthrope, TheThe Misanthrope	Célimène
1984	Nest of the Wood Grouse, TheThe Nest of the Wood Grouse	Iskra
1985-1986	Benefactors	Sheila
1989	Secret Rapture, TheThe Secret Rapture	Katherine Glass
1993	One Shoe Off	Dinah
1996	Delicate Balance, AA Delicate Balance	Julia
2000	Old Money	Saulina Webb / Sally Webster
2008	Top Girls	Louise / Waitress
2011	House of Blue Leaves, TheThe House of Blue Leaves	Head Nun

[ Source: Wikipedia ]