Editing Karen Black (section)

===2003–2013: Establishment as cult figure; playwriting and later works===
[[File:Celine Eckelberry and Karen Black.jpg|thumb|upright=.9|With daughter Celine Eckelberry in the late 2000s]]

As her later career progressed, Black gained a cult following, as alluded to by ''[[Family Guy]]'' television anchor [[List of Family Guy characters#Tom Tucker|Tom Tucker]] in his remark, "Karen Black: what an obscure reference." in the episode ''[[Death Is a Bitch]]'' (season 2, episode 6). She co-starred with [[Natasha Lyonne]] in ''[[America Brown]]'' (2004), which won the Golden Zenith Award for Best Picture at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]]. In 2005, Black received the Best Actress Award at the Fantasporto International Film Festival in [[Porto]], Portugal, for her work in the critically acclaimed [[Steve Balderson]] film ''[[Firecracker (2005 film)|Firecracker]]'' (2005), in which she played two roles, Sandra and Eleanor. She and actor [[John Hurt]] were also presented with Career Achievement Awards.

Black launched a career as a playwright in May 2007 with the opening of ''Missouri Waltz'' at the Blank Theater in Los Angeles; Black starred in the play as well. She also performed live narrations of [[Guy Maddin]]'s experimental film ''[[Brand Upon the Brain!]]'' in 2007, touring the show around the United States.<ref name=or/> 

In 2009, Black worked with director [[Steve Balderson]] for ''[[Stuck!]]'', a homage to [[film noir]] women-in-prison dramas, which co-starred [[Mink Stole]], [[Pleasant Gehman]] and [[Jane Wiedlin]]. She starred in [[John Landis]]' 2010 thriller ''[[Some Guy Who Kills People]]'',<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35430/some-guy-who-kills-people-casting-news| title=Some Guy Who Kills People Casting News| journal=[[Dread Central]]| date=January 20, 2010| first=Steve| last=Barton| access-date=August 9, 2013}}</ref> as well as [[Aïda Ruilova]]'s surrealist short film ''Meet the Eye'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/artist-residencies/2008/aida-ruilova/|work=[[Hammer Museum]]|title=Aïda Ruilova|date=June 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190822101656/https://hammer.ucla.edu/artist-residencies/2008/aida-ruilova/|archive-date=August 22, 2019|access-date=August 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, Black appeared on [[Cass McCombs]]' song "[[Dreams Come True Girl|Dreams-Come-True-Girl]]" from the album ''[[Catacombs (album)|Catacombs]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5l8lqNakPI|title = Dreams Come True Girl feat. Karen Black|publisher= [[YouTube]]|date= May 14, 2009|access-date= March 11, 2022}}</ref>

The [[experimental hip-hop]] group [[Death Grips]] released a video on [[YouTube]] called "[[Bottomless Pit (album)|Bottomless Pit]]" in October 2015. The video shows footage of Black reciting lines from a film script written by the group's drummer/co-producer [[Zach Hill]]. The footage was shot in early 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=susTeQpgR9k| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/susTeQpgR9k| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=Bottomless Pit| date=October 21, 2015|publisher=Death Grips|access-date=October 21, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>