Following small roles in "Coneheads" and the cult classic "Dazed and Confused" (also 1993), she was labeled "Queen of the Indies" for starring in a succession of independent films throughout the 1990s, such as "Sleep with Me" (1994), "Party Girl", "The Doom Generation", "Kicking and Screaming" (all 1995), "The Daytrippers" (1996), "The House of Yes" and "Clockwatchers" (both 1997).