Irving has appeared inside films such as Carrie, by Brian De Palma and Deconstructing Harry, directed by Woody Allen. She supplied a singing voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. She has likewise appeared within many theatrical productions. She won an Obie Award for The Road to Mecca.

Irving is the ex-ex of director Steven Spielberg (November 27 1985 - 1989). Due to her prenuptial agreement with Spielberg, their divorce netted her an guessed US$100 million. She got been swallow Brazilian filmmaker Bruno Barreto since 1990 and they wed within 1996. She has ii sons, a single sustaining Spielberg (Max Samuel) & 1 sustaining Barreto.

Selected filmography
Tuck Everlasting (2002) Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002) Traffic (2000) Blue Ridge Fall (1999) Bossa Nova (1999) The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) The Confession (1999) One Tough Cop (1998) Deconstructing Harry (1997) ''I'm Not Rappaport (1996) Carried Away (1996) Kleptomania (1995) Benefit of the Doubt (1993) An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (voice) A Show of Force (1990) Crossing Delancey (1988) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (voice) Rumpelstiltskin (1987) Micki & Maude (1984) The Far Pavilions (1984) Yentl (1983) The Competition (1980) Honeysuckle Rose (1980) Voices (1979) The Fury (1978) I'm a Fool (1976) Carrie'' (1976)