Her movies, In the Bedroom (2001), and as well as The Wrestler (2008), got her to get nominated for two more nominations in academy awards.
She gave number of hits which includes, What Woman Wants (2000), Wild Hogs (2007), Untamed Heart (1993), Anger Management (2003), the wrestler (2008), only you (1994), love is strange (2014), The paper (1994), The Big Short (2015), and many more of the movies to name.
She was a part of the MCU as Aunt May, in the movies, Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Endgame (2019), along with Spider-man: Homecoming (2017) and as well as Spiderman: Far From Home (2019). She has studied theatres from Naked Angeles Theatre Company, for which she has received several Drama Desk awards to her name.
She has dated many actors which includes Robert Downey Junior during the late 1990s. Between 2008 and the year 2012, she was in a relationship with Logan Marshall-Green. There have been rumours in the media that they are planning on getting married but the actor denied such news. She has also attainted the University of Boston for a year to complete her studies.