Ms. Jefferies was in the nine hour trilogy of Horton Foot's "Orphan's Home Cycle" in NY, directed by Michael Wilson, which won the Drama Desk and Tony awards for "Theatrical Event of the Season" of 2010 . She's played Blanche in "Streetcar Named Desire," Violet in " Suddenly Last Summer", Hannah in "Night of the Iguana", Carol in "Orpheus Descending,", Amanda in "The Glass Menagerie" which was among the Wall Street Journal's best 10 productions of 2009. She toured England in John Barton's ten hour epic Tantalus, directed by Sir Peter Hall. She spent 20 years as a resident company member at the Alley Theatre (1986-2007) and 3 years as a resident company member at the Arena Stage (1978-1981). Her film credits include Hellion , Arlo and Julie, The Sideways Light, The Girl, Monsters, Violets Are Blue, and No Mercy. Television- Last 2 episodes of "Dallas" 2013, PBS Doc. "War of The Worlds" 2013. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. She lives on a farm in Brenham Texas .