 Kihlstedt made her film debut starring opposite Rutger Hauer in the 1993 action thriller film "Arctic Blue".In 1995, she appeared in the ABC miniseries "" and in 1995 played Lizzie Elmsworth in the BBC adaptation of Edith Wharton's last novel, "The Buccaneers".In 1997, she starred as Alice Ribbons, one of the criminals in the family comedy film "Home Alone 3".