The actress tasted back-to-back success for the next couple of years on stage. After a couple of guest appearances on television shows and minor roles in movies, she shifted her focus into her home turf – the theater. Two years later, she returned to the limelight and received positive reviews for the biographical miniseries ‘Sinatra.’ She played the role of Ava Gardner in the show.īut Harder couldn’t cash in on the critical success in the early-90s. The character earned Harden considerable visibility and critical praise. Harden played the role of a loud-mouthed girlfriend of a gangster in the movie which went on to become a critical and commercial success.
Her breakout role came with the 1990 crime-drama ‘Miller’s Crossing’ directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. She made her big-screen debut with a small role in the lesser-known thriller ‘The Imagemaker’ in 1986.