Her film credits include Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), The Bourne Legacy (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Catfight (2016), The Light of the Moon (2017), Beauty Mark (2017), Bad Education (2019), Worth (2020), The Half of It (2020), Chemical Hearts (2020), Werewolves Within (2020), Red Pill (2021), Bad Shabbos (2024), and Saturday Night (2024).

[2] On television, Curtin appeared in episodes of New York Undercover, Sex and the City, Law & Order, and 30 Rock.

In 2013, she was cast in a recurring role as correctional officer Wanda Bell on the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.

In 2017, she began a recurring role as Dustin's mother Claudia Henderson in the Netflix horror series Stranger Things.

[6] Curtin has played supporting roles in a number of films, including Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), The Bourne Legacy (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Catfight (2016), The Light of the Moon (2017), Beauty Mark (2017), Bad Education (2019), Worth (2020), The Half of It (2020), Chemical Hearts (2020), Werewolves Within (2020), Red Pill (2021), Bad Shabbos (2024), and Saturday Night (2024).