Her first film roles were in the short films, Je t'aime John Wayne and in Stardom. In 2001, she played Isobel in Gosford Park. In March 2004, she appeared in a new play called Three Women. She is in the films Vanity Fair (2004) and The Freediver. She portrayed Jocasta in the series Rome and had a role in The Darjeeling Limited. Rutherford starred in the multi-award-winning 1920s/1930s sci-fi Dimensions. She starred in ‘'Breathe'’, which premiered at the London Film Festival. Rutherford starred in the period film Phantom Thread, and as Diana Napier in the 2021 miniseries A Very British Scandal.[6]
Personal life
Rutherford has two children from her first marriage (dissolved) and two children from a second relationship.[7]