Good friends with Goldie Hawn and a longtime friend of Pat Mitchell.

Auditioned for the role of Elaine Robinson in The Graduate (1967).

Has two sons from her first marriage: Peter and Eli Craig. Has one son, Samuel, from her second marriage.

Has one son from her second marriage: Samuel.

Daughter of actress Margaret Field. Step-daughter of actor Jock Mahoney.

Is a second child. Biological father's name is Richard who was a captain in the army. Mother, Margaret Field, was a contract player with Paramount Pictures starring in many B movies.

Parents divorced when she was 5.

In 1998, became a grandmother to Isabel.

Dated Burt Reynolds for many years, but refused his numerous proposals, and they eventually broke up.

Was asked to play the lead in Moonstruck (1987).

Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s TV hit "The Fall Guy" (1981).

Measurements: 33-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Protested alongside fellow actresses Jane Fonda, Christine Lahti, and playwright Eve Ensler urging the Mexican government to re-investigate the slaying of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexico-Texas border. (February 2004).

Graduate of Birmingham High School, Van Nuys, California, Class of 1964 with Michael Ovitz. Michael Ovitz later became her agent. Field's class voted her "Class Clown".

Her Oscar winning performance as Norma Rae Webster from her film Norma Rae (1979) was ranked #15 on the American Film Institute's Heroes list in their compilation of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villians.

Favorite movie is Smokey and the Bandit (1977).

Auditioned for the role of Alice in Friday the 13th (1980) but lost to Adrienne King

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989

Half-sister of Princess O'Mahoney.

While filming the scene in Norma Rae (1979) where she is dragged out to the police car, she struggled and kicked so hard that she broke the rib of one of the men playing a police officer.

Her performance as Norma Rae Webster in Norma Rae (1979) is ranked #73 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Has three films on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time. They are: Places in the Heart (1984) at #95, Forrest Gump (1994) at #37, and Norma Rae (1979) at #16.

In Punchline (1988) she plays Tom Hanks's love interest. In Forrest Gump (1994) they play mother and son.

Has an older brother.

Longtime friend of Pat Mitchell.

Made two different appearances as a contestant on _"Dating Game, The" (1965)_ .