# Theresa Russell filmography

Theresa Russell is an American actress who began her career in a supporting role in Elia Kazan's The Last Tycoon (1976), playing the daughter of a prominent film executive. In 1978, she starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in the critically acclaimed crime drama Straight Time, following a lead role in the CBS miniseries Blind Ambition, portraying the wife of U.S. White House Counsel John Dean.
Her next role was a lead in English filmmaker Nicolas Roeg's controversial thriller Bad Timing (1980), which earned critical praise, in which Russell portrayed an American woman in Vienna who enters a dysfunctional relationship with a psychoanalyst. Bad Timing marked the first of six projects Russell and Roeg would collaborate on following their marriage in 1982; subsequent collaborations include the drama Eureka (1983); the experimental alternate history film Insignificance (1985), in which Russell portrayed Marilyn Monroe; and the dramas Track 29 (1989) and Cold Heaven (1991).
Russell had a mainstream commercial breakthrough portraying a serial killer in Bob Rafelson's neo-noir film Black Widow (1987). Other roles from this time included the crime drama Physical Evidence (1989), co-starring Burt Reynolds, and Sondra Locke's thriller Impulse (1990). In 1991, Russell starred as a prostitute in Ken Russell's satirical drama Whore, followed by Steven Soderbergh's experimental black-and-white feature, Kafka, co-starring Jeremy Irons.
After appearing in a number of independent films in the mid-1990s, Russell had a supporting role in the commercially successful neo-noir Wild Things (1998), and the critically acclaimed drama The Believer (2001). In 2005, she had a supporting role on the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, followed by a minor part in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 (2007).

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Cecilia Brady | Elia Kazan | |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Jenny Mercer | Ulu Grosbard | |
| 1980 | Bad Timing | Milena Flaherty | Nicolas Roeg | |
| 1982 | Tenebre | Anne (voice) | Dario Argento | English version, dubbing voice for Daria Nicolodi |
| 1983 | Eureka | Tracy McCann Maillot Van Horn | Nicolas Roeg | |
| 1984 | The Razor's Edge | Sophie MacDonald | John Byrum | |
| 1985 | Insignificance | The Actress | Nicolas Roeg | |
| 1987 | Black Widow | Catharine Petersen | Bob Rafelson | |
| 1987 | Aria | King Zog | Nicolas Roeg | Segment: Un ballo in maschera |
| 1988 | Track 29 | Linda Henry | Nicolas Roeg | |
| 1989 | Physical Evidence | Jenny Hudson | Michael Crichton | |
| 1990 | Impulse | Lottie Mason | Sondra Locke | |
| 1991 | Whore | Liz | Ken Russell | |
| 1991 | Cold Heaven | Marie Davenport | Nicolas Roeg | |
| 1991 | Kafka | Gabriela | Steven Soderbergh | |
| 1993 | Thicker Than Water | Debbie / Jo | Marc Evans | Television film |
| 1994 | Being Human | The Storyteller | Bill Forsyth | |
| 1995 | Trade-Off | Jackie Daniels | Andrew Lane | Television film |
| 1995 | Hotel Paradise | | Nicolas Roeg | Short film |
| 1995 | The Spy Within | Mary Ann Curran | Steve Railsback | |
| 1995 | A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Morgan le Fay | Ralph L. Thomas | |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | Lady Harriet Coal | John-Paul Davidson | Alternate titles: Grave Indiscretion; Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets |
| 1996 | Once You Meet a Stranger | Margo Anthony | Tommy Lee Wallace | Television film |
| 1996 | Public Enemies | Kate "Ma" Barker | Mark L. Lester | |
| 1996 | The Proposition | Catherine Morgan | Strathford Hamilton | |
| 1998 | Wild Things | Sandra Van Ryan | John McNaughton | |
| 1998 | Running Woman | Emily Russo | Rachel Samuels David Blass | |
| 2000 | Luckytown | Stella | Paul Nicholas | |
| 2001 | The Believer | Lina Moebius | Henry Bean | |
| 2001 | Earth vs. the Spider | Trixie Grillo | Scott Ziehl | Television film |
| 2002 | The House Next Door | Helen Schmidt | Joey Travolta | |
| 2002 | Passionada | Lois Vargas | Dan Ireland | |
| 2002 | Now & Forever | Dori Wilson | Bob Clark | |
| 2002 | Project Viper | Dr. Nancy Burnham | Jim Wynorski | Television film |
| 2003 | Love Comes Softly | Sarah Graham | Michael Landon Jr. | Television film |
| 2003 | Chasing Alice | | Ralph Hemecker | Television film |
| 2003 | Water Under the Bridge | Jackie O'Connor | Clark Brigham | |
| 2003 | The Box | Dora Baker | Richard Pepin | |
| 2005 | Blind Injustice | Joanna Bartlett | Rex Piano | Television film |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Emma Marko | Sam Raimi | |
| 2007 | On the Doll | Diane | Thomas Mignone | |
| 2008 | Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves | Mrs. Williams | Aki Aleong | |
| 2008 | Jolene | Aunt Kay | Dan Ireland | |
| 2008 | Dark World | Nicole | Zia Mojabi | |
| 2009 | He's Just Not That into You | Mrs. Marks | Ken Kwapis | Scenes deleted |
| 2009 | 16 to Life | Louise | Becky Smith | |
| 2011 | Rid of Me | Mrs. Lockwood | James Westby | |
| 2011 | Born to Ride | Frances Callahan | James Fargo | |
| 2011 | 1 Out of 7 | Lexi's Mom | York Shackleton | |
| 2012 | The Legends of Nethiah | Nethiah's Mother | Russ Emanuel | |
| 2012 | Liz & Dick | Sara Taylor | Lloyd Kramer | Television film |
| 2014 | Moving Mountains | Trish Bragg | Jeanie M. Clark | |
| 2014 | A Winter Rose | Rachal Love | Riz Story | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Blind Ambition | Maureen Dean | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1993 | A Woman's Guide to Adultery | Rose | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1999 | G vs E | Reesa Tussel | Episode: "To Be or Not to Be Evil" |
| 2000 | Nash Bridges | Ellen Holiday / Sarah Williams | Episodes: "Jackpot: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2002 | Glory Days | Hazel Walker | Main role, 9 episodes |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Charlene | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Regina Reid | Episode: "On Fire" |
| 2007 | American Heiress | Jordan Wakefield | Recurring role, 14 episodes |
| 2009 | Fringe | Rebecca Kibner | Episode: "Momentum Deferred" |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Rachel Malone (2010) | Episode: "One Fall" |
| 2012–2013 | Delete | Fiona | Miniseries, 2 episodes |