 Nicholson's role becomes central in the climax of the series, and her performance earned a Primetime Emmy Award. She's appeared in the films August, Osage County, I, Tonya, Black Mass, Dream Scenario, and Weird, The Al Yankovic Story, among others. And in the TV series Ally McBeal, Law and Order, Masters of Sex, Boardwalk Empire, The Outsider, and others.