Noted character actress of stage and film who could play down-home,
middle-class or aristocratic Southern types.
Alumna of Salem College and the North Carolina School of the Arts, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1997 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured
Role - Play) for "The Last Night of Ballyhoo."
She won an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress
in a Play for "Last Night of Ballyhoo" in 1997. She shared the award
with Allison Janney and Deborah Findlay.
Although she shares the same last name with Michael Weston and also portrayed a character (Arlene Niskar) who shares the same last name as Michael Weston's character (Ross Niskar) in Adam (2020), the two Westons are not related.