Listed as one of 12 Promising New Actors of 1986 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38.

Played Opal in the original pilot for the tv show "M.Y.O.B." (2000) but the role was later re-cast.

Has a daughter named Hannah (b. September 1st 1991) with Terry Kinney.

Graduated with a BFA acting certificate from DePaul University in Chicago in 1981.

Her father wrote for The Saturday Evening Post, Playboy and the Times Mirror Co. Her secret ambition is to be a writer.

Two older sisters.

Best friends are Diane Lane and Megan Mullally.

Loves animals. Has one dog named Buster and another named Lulu.

Stepmother of three teenage boys: Maximilian, Alexander and Andreas.

Of Greek extraction