Portrait of Grace Zabriskie

Acting

Grace Zabriskie

Career

Active from 1980 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Drugstore Cowboy
Drugstore Cowboy
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Grace Zabriskie Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Warfare
    0.5, average 1.2
  • Politics
    1.9, average 2.6
  • Historical
    2.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Character Study 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Independent Film 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Redemption 2
  • Slow-Burn Mystery 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Gritty Crime Drama 2
  • Intense Suspense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

138
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 57
Bad Painter
Bad Painter (2025)

as Mother

Mike
Mike (2022)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Camille

The Quarry: Movie Mode
The Quarry: Movie Mode (2022)

as Eliza Vancullen (The Hag of Hacketts Quarry)

Cryptozoo
Cryptozoo (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Joan (voice)

2010s

15 titles · average score 65
Polaroid
Polaroid (2019)
GoodWatch score 47

as Lena Sable

The Alienist
The Alienist (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as John's Grandmother

Santa Clarita Diet
Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Mrs. Bakavic

Rosemont
Rosemont (2015)
GoodWatch score 68

as Josephine

Ballers
Ballers (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Enid

The Makings of You
The Makings of You (2014)

as Margaret

The Judge
The Judge (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mrs. Blackwell

Blind Malice
Blind Malice (2014)
GoodWatch score 48

as Nanna

Wrong Cops
Wrong Cops (2013)
GoodWatch score 48

as Donna (Duke's mother)

Ray Donovan
Ray Donovan (2013)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mrs. Minassian

Wrong Cops: Chapter 1
Wrong Cops: Chapter 1 (2012)
GoodWatch score 67

as Duke's Mother

My Own Private River
My Own Private River (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

as Alena (archive footage)

2000s

18 titles · average score 49
Bob Funk
Bob Funk (2009)
GoodWatch score 31

as Ms. Funk

Brothel
Brothel (2008)
GoodWatch score 33

as Madam

Big Love
Big Love (2006)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Lois Henrickson

Medium
Medium (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Connie Buckley

The Last Letter
The Last Letter (2004)
GoodWatch score 39

as Mrs. Allison

Chrystal
Chrystal (2004)
GoodWatch score 58

as Gladys

The Grudge
The Grudge (2004)
GoodWatch score 50

as Emma Williams

No Good Deed
No Good Deed (2002)
GoodWatch score 34

as Mrs. Quarre

The Glow
The Glow (2002)
GoodWatch score 42

as Sylvia Goodstein

The Guardian
The Guardian (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Judith

Home: The Horror Story
Home: The Horror Story (2000)

as Grace Parkinson

Gone in Sixty Seconds
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
GoodWatch score 47

as Helen Raines

1990s

55 titles · average score 58
The West Wing
The West Wing (1999)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Isabel

Trash
Trash (1999)
GoodWatch score 50

as Mrs. DeMarie

Charmed
Charmed (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as The Crone

The King of Queens
The King of Queens (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Veronica

Murder at My Door
Murder at My Door (1996)
GoodWatch score 44

as Grandma

Seed
Seed (1996)

as Mother's voice

A Family Thing
A Family Thing (1996)
GoodWatch score 71

as Ruby

FernGully: The Last Rainforest
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
GoodWatch score 66

as Magi Lune (voice)

Megaville
Megaville (1992)
GoodWatch score 45

as Mrs. Palinov

Servants of Twilight
Servants of Twilight (1991)
GoodWatch score 43

as Grace Spivey

Child's Play 2
Child's Play 2 (1990)
GoodWatch score 53

as Grace Poole

Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks (1990)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Sarah Palmer / Sarah Palmer (voice) (archive footage)

1980s

38 titles · average score 64
Drugstore Cowboy
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
GoodWatch score 81

as Bob's Mother

Seinfeld
Seinfeld (1989)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Mrs. Ross

Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Mrs. Colbert

Empty Nest
Empty Nest (1988)
GoodWatch score 41

TV show · as Eva Barrett

Trancers: City of Lost Angels
Trancers: City of Lost Angels (1988)
GoodWatch score 59

as Warden

The Burning Bed
The Burning Bed (1984)
GoodWatch score 72

as Flossie Hughes

Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
GoodWatch score 74

as Esther Pokrifiki

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Miss Gregory

Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues (1981)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show

Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest (1981)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Mabel Burton

The Private Eyes
The Private Eyes (1980)
GoodWatch score 69

as Nanny

1970s

8 titles · average score 59
Knots Landing
Knots Landing (1979)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Chambermaid

Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart (1979)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Ethyl

Norma Rae
Norma Rae (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

as Linette Odum

Freedom Road
Freedom Road (1979)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ruth Lait

Concrete Cowboys
Concrete Cowboys (1979)
GoodWatch score 48

as Meg Barnaby

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
GoodWatch score 31

as Lem's Wife

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance (1978)

as Widow Cummins

ABC Afterschool Special
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Mrs. Linton