Raised in Tenafly, NJ; performed in plays with Mira Sorvino

After college, moved to London to study acting

Returned to the US and began acting career in Chicago

Professional debut, appeared in a Chicago production of David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow"

Played Margie in Chicago production of "The Iceman Cometh"

Screen debut, "Flatliners"; first collaboration with Joel Schumacher

Off-Broadway debut in "Can Can"

Broadway debut in "Two Shakespearean Actors"

Appeared in two episodes of "2000 Malibu Road" (CBS); directed by Schumacher

Breakthrough stage performance in Nicky Silver's Off-Broadway play "Pterodactyls"

Reunited with Silver for "The Food Chain"; Silver wrote the role explicitly for Davis

Initial screen appearance in film also featuring Stanley Tucci, "Kiss of Death"

Had first screen lead in Greg Mottola's "The Daytrippers"; Tucci played her husband

Had featured role in the independent film "The Myth of Fingerprints"

Starred in the indie hit "Next Stop, Wonderland"

Played a plain heiress in Stanley Tucci's "The Impostors"

Had featured role in Lawrence Kasdan's "Mumford"

Reunited with Tucci to play his wife in "Joe Gould's Secret"

Acted Off-Broadway in "Spinning Into Butter"

Played regular role of a journalist in the short-lived NBC fall drama series "Deadline"

Co-starred with Denis Leary in the digitally-shot "Final"; directed by Campbell Scott

Played a somewhat embittered single mother in "Hearts in Atlantis"

Played Jack Nicholson's daughter in "About Schmidt"

Re-teamed with Campbell Scott in "The Secret Lives of Dentists"; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for best supporting female

Starred, along with Paul Giamatti in the independent feature "American Splendor"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a supporting role

Co-starred in the big screen adaptation of the David Auburn play "Proof" opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal

Portrayed Nicolas Cage's ex-wife in the dark comedy, "The Weather Man" directed by Gore Verbinski

Co-starred with Greg Kinnear and Pierce Brosnan in Richard Shepard's "The Matador"

Co-starred in the Truman Capote biopic, "Infamous"

Cast in Lasse Hallström's "The Hoax" starring Richard Gere

Portrayed three different characters in John August's directing debut, "The Nines"

Cast as the mother in the comedy, "Charlie Bartlett"

Returned to the stage for the Broadway production of Yasmina Reza’s "God of Carnage"; earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play

Joined the second season of the HBO series, "In Treatment"; earned an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series