Berlin made her screen debut appearing in a supporting role in the made-for-television film
In Name Only starring
Eve Arden. She acted on the New York stage and began appearing in a number of films, including
Getting Straight (1970),
The Strawberry Statement (1970),
Move (1970),
The Baby Maker (1970), ''
Portnoy's Complaint (1971), and Bone'' (1972). In 1972, Berlin's performance in the comedy film
The Heartbreak Kid, directed by her mother and with a screenplay by
Neil Simon, garnered her
Golden Globe and
Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. The film was not well received by critics: Stanley Eichelbaum from
San Francisco Examiner noted that "Jeannie is cold and hasn't the inner glow the appeal and magnetism that an actress needs to carry a film." The following year, she had a leading role in "
Old Fashioned Murder", an episode of the NBC detective drama series
Columbo. Berlin did not act on film or television again until 1990, when she appeared in and co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy-drama film
In the Spirit starring her mother alongside
Marlo Thomas and
Olympia Dukakis. Berlin appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions in 1990s. She made her
Broadway theatre debut in May's play
After the Night and the Music in 2005. In 2012, she appeared in the play
Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. After an extended absence of more than a decade from acting in films, in 2011 she co-starred in
Margaret, a psychological drama film starring
Anna Paquin. She received positive reviews from film critics and was nominated for the
National Society of Film Critics and
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She later appeared in
Paul Thomas Anderson's crime film
Inherent Vice (2014) and
Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama
Café Society (2016). In 2016, Berlin received positive reviews for her performance as
prosecutor Helen Weiss in the HBO miniseries
The Night Of. She was named a contender for a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nomination, which did not come to fruition. In 2018 she played the
President of the United States in the Hulu drama series
The First, and the following year was cast as Cyd Peach, the head of the Roys' Fox News–esque TV station in the HBO drama series
Succession. In 2020, she had a recurring role in the
Amazon Prime Video drama series
Hunters playing the grandmother of the lead character. In 2022, she starred in the
coming-of-age drama film
The Fabelmans directed by
Steven Spielberg. ==Filmography==