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Swoosie Kurtz has appeared before audiences in film, television and theater, spanning both comedy and drama. She recently appeared in Get Over It opposite Kirsten Dunst and Martin Short. Moving easily between studio and independent films, Kurtz has been featured in Miramax's Citizen Ruth, Liar - Liar with Jim Carrey, and Columbia's Cruel Intentions. Other film work includes Dangerous Liaisons, Reality Bites, Vice Versa, The World According to Garp, True Stories and Against All Odds.

Recently, Kurtz returned to the New York stage in the Pulitzer Prize winning play The Mineola Twins. Her performance earned an Obie Award and was nominated for the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. She was honored with two Tony Awards for her performance in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves and Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July for which she also earned a Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics' Circle Award. Additionally, she earned the Drama Desk and the Obie Award for Wendy Wasserstein's Uncommon Women and Others. She also starred in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation and Terrance McNally's Lips Together - Teeth Apart.

Swoosie Kurtz received her eighth Emmy Award nomination for her guest starring role on ER and was previously nominated for the Emmy and Cable Ace Award for her role in HBO's landmark film, And the Band Played On. She was twice nominated for an Emmy and SAG award for her role in NBC's Sisters. She previously earned an Emmy Award for her performance in Carol and Company and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for HBO's Baja Oklahoma.

She is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.