 Despite not having an agent, Lindhome was able to land a small role on the sitcom "Titus" and a minor role in the season-seven episode "Him" of the popular television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".In 2003, Lindhome earned a spot in Tim Robbins' Actor's Gang theater group and appeared in the play "Embedded".She was one of four actors from the play to then be cast in the Academy Award-winning film "Million Dollar Baby", where she played Mardell Fitzgerald, the sister of the main character.