 Schilling has acted in a variety of leading roles in independent films since 1986, including "Savage Land" and the Polish film "Niemcy", a World War II drama based on the stage play by Leon Kruczkowski.In "Niemcy" Schilling portrays heroine Ruth Sonnenbruch, a German nightclub singer who comes to the aid of a Jewish refugee.In 2006 she portrayed feminist and author Gertrude Atherton opposite Campbell Scott's Ambrose Bierce in the film anthology "Ambrose Bierce