Also performed off-Broadway in Julia Jordan's "Night Swim" at Playwright's Horizons.

Dated actor Billy Crudupin the 1990s. They met when they were both drama students at New York University.

Is a snowboarder and sculptor, among many talents.

After her first year of college, moved to Chicago to work with the Piven Theatre Workshop. Studied with John Lynn in Los Angeles; was cast in David Orr's independent feature "Blossom Time." Moved to New York in 1994; began acting off-Broadway in "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" at Theatre for the New City.

Her real life pregnancy was worked into the script of the 2005 season of Showtime's "The L Word".

Has studied at the British American Dramatic Academy in London.

Mother of Lola Reiko Macherey, born November 4, 2004.