 Her raspy voice invited comparisons to rock singer Janis Joplin, and she acted as the singer in "Love, Janis", an Off-Broadway musical about Joplin that ran from 2001–2003.When director Julie Taymor wanted to make a movie about someone with a voice similar to Joplin's, she hired Fuchs for "Across the Universe" (2007).The movie was nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globe Awards.