She grew up in Ireland and started as an actress when she was 15 in A walk with Love and Death.She won best actress Oscar in a second part for Prizzi's Honor, directed by her father. Some of her plays: The Crossing Guard ( Sean Penn ), The Grifters ( Stephen Frears ), The Addams Family and Adams Family Values ( Barry Sonnenfeld ), Gardens of Stones ( Francis Ford Coppola ). She also was on stage. She lives in Los Angeles.