[1] Page began her career in the 1993 Broadway revival of Anna Christie, and made her feature film debut in Nobody's Fool (1994).

[8] On stage, Page received the Helen Hayes Award (Best Actress 2000) for her work in the Tony Award-winning Side Man at the Kennedy Center.

[9] This followed closely after being honored with the New York People's Choice Award in the Best Supporting Actress category (1999) for her portrayal of Patsy, a role she originated for the same production.

Nominated for her second Helen Hayes Award (Best Actress 2010) for her portrayal of Ivy Weston in the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County (Broadway and National Tour), her performance was heralded as "revelatory" by the Chicago Tribune.

[10] Page is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio who actively supports charities[11] and is considered acting royalty.

[12] Page married Keith William Burkhardt in 1984, and with him gave birth to a son, Elijah,[13] and a daughter named Tana.

She subsequently married actor Tim Williams in 1998 after the two had met while performing in a 1996 stage production titled Strangers in the Land of Canaan, directed by her father.

She married television creator Dmitry Lipkin (FX, HBO) in 2017[14] in a private ceremony at Soniat House in New Orleans.