Lived in Paris since age 18

Stage debut in "La lune declinante sur 4 ou 5 personnes qui dansent"

Film debut, "Under the Cherry Moon" opposite pop star Prince

Heralded in "A Handful of Dust"

Breakthrough role as Fiona in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" with Hugh Grant; directed by Mike Newell

Reteamed with Hugh Grant, to star as a prim and proper British couple in Roman Polanski's "Bitter Moon"

Earned Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in "The English Patient"; directed by Anthony Minghella

Co-starred opposite Robert Redford in "The Horse Whisperer"

Teamed with Harrison Ford in the insipid romance "Random Hearts"

Played an impoverished English woman who makes an impulsive romantic choice with fatal consequences in "Up at the Villa"

Reteamed with Minghella on the short film "Play," adapted from the Samuel Beckett drama

Co-starred opposite Kevin Kline as his ex-wife in "Life as a House"

Returned to the stage in a Paris production of "Berenice" by Racine

Was featured in the ensemble cast of Robert Altman's "Gosford Park" as the snobbish hostess of the titular home

Played a bored housewife, opposite Rowan Atkinson in the British comedy "Keeping Mum"

Played Daniel Auteuil’s chilly wife in Francis Veber's "The Valet"

Cast as Lady Elizabeth Boleyn (Mary and Anne's mother) in "The Other Boleyn Girl"

Made Broadway debut as volatile Arkadina in a New York revival of "The Seagull"