![]() ![]() ![]() Headly appeared in the television movies Winchell, And the Band Played On, Pronto, My Own Country and Women Vs. She received her second Emmy nomination for best supporting actress for Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), directed by Anjelica Huston. She was in the live theatrical presentation of "On Golden Pond" as the troubled daughter of Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews and also appeared in the telefilms Women vs. On television, she had a recurring part on ER (1994) and Monk (2002) and was in the short-lived sit-com Encore! Encore! (1998) with Nathan Lane and Joan Plowright. Bilko (1996), What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001), Breakfast of Champions (1999), Around the Bend (2004), 2 Days in the Valley (1996) and others. In 1992, she went to Canada to work on a small Canadian film called Ordinary Magic with Ryan Reynolds and on the first day of filming, met her future husband Byron McCulloch, whom she married on August 25 of 1993. In 1988 she divorced Malkovich after he had an affair with Michelle Pfeiffer during the filming of Dangerous Liaisons. She next starred opposite Demi Moore and Bruce Willis in Mortal Thoughts, directed by Alan Rudolph. She was then cast by Warren Beatty to appear opposite him as Tess Trueheart in Dick Tracy. Headly was named Most Promising New Actress by the Chicago Film Critics Association. Right, Paperhouse, Seize the Day and Nadine, but it was her role in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) opposite Steve Martin and Michael Caine that truly launched her film career. Headly played several supporting roles in such films as Making Mr. In New York, she appeared in Balm in Gilead with her fellow Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble members and Arms and the Man on Broadway with Kevin Kline and Raul Julia. She then was cast in The Philanthropist, also off Broadway, and won a Theatre World Award for best newcomer. Soon after, she was cast to replace Ellen Barkin in Extremities with Susan Sarandon off Broadway. In 1982 Headly married fellow ensemble member John Malkovich and moved with him to New York City. She received her Actors' Equity card when cast by Vivian Matalon in a summer theatre production of Charley's Aunt and joined SAG when Arthur Penn wrote a breakout role for her in the film Four Friends. In Chicago, she was nominated for five Joseph Jefferson awards and won three for best supporting actress. She also appeared in several other productions. While appearing on the Chicago stage in Curse of the Starving Class, Headly was asked to join the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble, who were looking to expand their group. Nicholas Theatre and was eventually cast in a Goodman Theatre production of Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Robert Falls and co-starring John Malkovich. Later she moved to Chicago, where she joined the "New Works Ensemble" at the St. Soon after, she moved to New York, taking day jobs as a waitress so that she could work nights in the theatre for little or no salary. Rather than continuing to study the dramatic arts, she attended a small American college in Switzerland from which she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree. She later went on to the High School of Performing Arts, majoring in drama and graduated with honors. It was here that a fifth grade teacher introduced her to the work of Jacques Cousteau in an oceanography class, spawning a lifelong interest for her in preserving the natural world. 41, where she was placed in an IGC class for intellectually gifted children. In New York, she attended public schools, including P.S. ![]() She studied ballet at the Robert Joffrey school of ballet and modern dance at the Martha Graham Studios. Early in her elementary school years, she joined her mother, who was then living in Greenwich Village, New York City, and grew up having a rich cultural life. Her first years were spent living under the care of her mother in San Francisco and her maternal grandmother in Lansford Pennsylvania. Headly was born in New London, Connecticut. ![]()
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