She made her film debut in Bastard Out of Carolina 1996 and has appeared in films including Ellen Foster 1997 , Contact 1997 , Stepmom 1998 , Donnie Darko 2001 , Saved! Oddly, after that film is when the heaps of praise started to slow.
I know I am not alone in this.
The sharp edges are too much to hold without compassion.