Nothing comes easily for Joy (Shirley Henderson) and her sisters, Trish (Allison) and Helen (Ally Sheedy). Joy, unhappy with her job and her sleazy husband (Michael Kenneth Williams), is haunted by her dead boyfriend's ghost (Paul Reubens). Trish's pedophile husband (Ciarán Hinds) is behind bars, and she's ready to move on with her life. Directed by Todd Solondz.

As they await the birth of their baby, a couple (John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph) travel across America in search of the perfect place to raise their family. Allison plays Lily Anderson, an old friend they re-connect with along the way.

In Tate Taylor’s feature film debut, a woman summons her best friends from college into the wilderness for a four-day camping trip, and everyone quickly discovers that they haven't exactly been told the whole truth about why she's scheduled the outing. Watch Allison’s scenes below:

When precocious teen Juno MacGuff becomes pregnant, she chooses a failed rock star and his wife to adopt her unborn child. Complications occur when Mark, the prospective father, begins viewing Juno as more than just the mother of his future child, putting both his marriage and the adoption in jeopardy. Allison plays Bren MacGuff, Juno’s supportive stepmother.

In 1960s Baltimore, dance-loving teen Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) auditions for a spot on "The Corny Collins Show" and wins. She becomes an overnight celebrity, a trendsetter in dance, fun and fashion. Perhaps her new status as a teen sensation is enough to topple Corny's reigning dance queen and bring racial integration to the show. Allison plays Penny’s strict, religious mother.

Film by Allison’s close friend Cameron Watson. Shelbyville's biggest claim to fame is that movie star Sondra Locke was born there. So it's no surprise that her rumored return in 1978, for the opening of her new movie, is waking up the sleepy Tennessee town. Locke's homecoming provides some much-needed distraction for teenager Clancy Whitfield (Jason Ritter), whose family is falling apart, and his friends Melora (Hilarie Burton) and Ray (Derek Carter). Allison plays Joan Whitfield, Clancy’s mother, in a role so powerful it garnered her a first-time film award nomination at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards.

In this comedy by Amy Seders and Stephen Colbert, 46-year-old former high school dropout and self-described "junkie whore" Jerri Blank is released from prison and returns to her childhood home.

This comedy-drama film directed by Arie Posin focuses on the chain of events that follow the suicide of a teenage drug dealer in an idealistic but superficial town.

A romantic comedy directed by John McKay, starring Sam Rockwell and Frances O'Connor and based on the 1917 comic novel Piccadilly Jim by P. G. Wodehouse. Allison plays Eugenia Crocker and wears fabulous costumes.

Allison plays Molly Ripkin, a woman who helps Jim Winters heal in this film that reunites her with stage co-star Anthony Lapaglia. It's been five years since a wife and mother was killed in a car crash, but her surviving husband, Jim Winters can't bridge the gap that has grown between him and his teenage sons.

Allison plays Mandy Moore’s mother in this coming of age teen rom-com about divorce, loss, life, and love in a small town.

"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition. Allison plays Sally Lester, supportive partner of Meryl Streep’s character as she plans a party.

Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality. Allison plays Lyla Branch.