She made part of an ensemble cast in Charlie Kaufman 's postmodern drama '' Synecdoche , New York '' ( 2008 ) , alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman , Michelle Williams and Emily Watson . In the film , she portrayed Hazel , one of the women in the life of a theatre director ( Hoffman ) whose extreme commitment to a realistic stage production begins to blur the boundaries between fiction and reality . As her character ages from 30 to 64 over the course of the story , Morton used full-face prosthetic makeup . She discovered that she was pregnant during the filming , which had a schedule that took up to 20 hour a day . The film was a box office bomb , but garnered praise from critics , appearing on many top ten lists of the year . Morton and her co-stars were eventually nominated for the Best Ensemble Performance award at the 18th Gotham Independent Film Awards . Also in 2008 , she starred in '' The Daisy Chain '' , an Irish horror film about a couple who after the death of their daughter , take in an orphaned girl , only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences . It premiered at the 16th Raindance Film Festival ( London ; October 2008 ) , and received a DVD release in 2010
18th Gotham Independent Film Awards
Gotham Independent Film Awards 2008
Samantha Morton