 Griffis' first big screen film role was in the 1992 drama film "Love Field", where she played Jacqueline Kennedy, the former First Lady and widow of the assassinated President John F. Kennedy.Though her first role, her first movie role outside of theater was actually in the television movie "", a biographical film about Elizabeth Morgan.Aside from film, she made numerous appearances on made for TV films and series - including "In the Heat of the Night".