From 2002 until 2013, she played the mother in Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" for which she won the BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
From 2002 until 2013, she played Olivia Evans, the mother in Richard Linklater's "Boyhood", which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. For this role she won the BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actress.