When writer Jay McInerney declared Sevigny the new "It" girl in an article for The New Yorker, a string of roles in indie films followed. Her supporting turn as the troubled girlfriend of Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry (1999) netted Sevigny an Academy Award nomination
Among Sevigny's other notable screen credits are The Last Days of Disco (1998), Shattered Glass (2003) and Melinda and Melinda (2004). Her television work includes playing the second wife of a polygamist on the HBO series "Big Love," a role that earned her a Golden Globe award in 2009.
Boys Don't CryBased on actual events, director Kimberly Peirce's powerful, often harrowing drama stars Hilary Swank (in an Oscar-winning performance) as Brandon Teena, a transgender young man searching for love and acceptance in a small Midwestern town. But even as he forges a deep connection with local beauty... Read More
The Brown BunnyDirector Vincent Gallo stars as Bud, a competitive road biker riding from New Hampshire to California for a race. But the journey is also an attempt to erase his memory of the one true love he can't forget, even as he beds other women. Read More
The Last Days of DiscoWriter-director Whit Stillman captures the end of an era, chronicling love and heartbreak in a mirror-balled world of exclusive nightclubs packed with young singles who dispense wit drier than their martinis. A smart script and spot-on performances from an ensemble cast (including Robert Sean... Read More
Trees LoungeShiftless barfly Tommy Basilio (Steve Buscemi, in his writing and directing debut) spends virtually all his time at the neighborhood watering hole, Trees Lounge. As a result of his ambiguous ethical choices, he's alienated his family and lost both his job and his girlfriend, Theresa (Elizabeth... Read More
Barry Munday (2010) | R | |
Mr. Nice (2010) | NR | |
R | ||
R | ||
Zodiac (2007) | R | |
Big Love (2006) | TV-MA | |
Lying (2006) | NR | |
Sisters (2006) | R | |
Manderlay (2005) | NR | |
NR | ||
The Brown Bunny (2004) | UR | |
Melinda and Melinda (2004) | PG-13 | |
Dogville (2004) | R | |
Party Monster (2003) | UR | |
Shattered Glass (2003) | PG-13 | |
Death of a Dynasty (2003) | R | |
Demonlover (2002) | R | |
American Psycho (2000) | UR | |
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) | R | |
Boys Don't Cry (1999) | R | |
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) | R | |
A Map of the World (1999) | R | |
The Last Days of Disco (1998) | R | |
Palmetto (1998) | R | |
Gummo (1997) | R | |
Trees Lounge (1996) | R | |
Kids (1995) | NR | |

