Headly played several supporting roles in such films as Making Mr. In New York, she appeared in Balm in Gilead with her fellow Steppenwolf Theatre members, and in Arms and the Man, on Broadway, with Kevin Kline and Raul Julia. She then was cast in The Philanthropist, also off-Broadway, and won a Theatre World Awardfor best newcomer. Soon after, she replaced Ellen Barkin in Extremities off-Broadway. On August 2, 1982, Headly married fellow ensemble member John Malkovich. She received her Actors' Equity card when cast by Vivian Matalon in a summer theatre production of Charley's Aunt, and joined SAG when Arthur Pennwrote a breakout role for her in the film Four Friends. In Chicago, she was nominated for five Joseph Jefferson awards, and won three for best supporting actress. She also appeared in several other productions. While appearing on the Chicago stage in Curse of the Starving Class, Headly was asked to join the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble, which was looking to expand.

She was eventually cast in a Goodman Theatreproduction of Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Robert Falls and co-starring John Malkovich. Later, she moved to Chicago, where she joined the New Works Ensemble at the St. Soon after, she moved to New York, taking day jobs as a waitress so that she could work nights in the theater for little or no salary.

Rather than continuing to study the dramatic arts, she attended American College of Switzerland, a small college in Leysin from which she graduated with a bachelor's degree. She later went on to the High School of Performing Arts, majoring in drama and graduating with honors. There, a fifth-grade teacher introduced her to the work of Jacques Cousteau in an oceanography class, inspiring a lifelong interest in preserving the natural world.

41, where she was placed in a class for intellectually gifted children. In New York, she attended public schools, including P. She studied ballet at the Robert Joffrey school of ballet and modern dance at the Martha Graham Studios. Her first years were spent living under the care of her mother, Joan Ida (née Sniscak) Headly, in San Francisco, and her maternal grandmother in Lansford, Pennsylvania.Įarly in her elementary school years, she joined her mother, who was then living in Greenwich Village. Headly was born on Main New London, Connecticut.

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