Graduated from Tenafly High School, Tenafly, New Jersey where she began her acting career.



Auditioned for "Baywatch" (1989). Partner of Jon Patrick Walker, their daughter Georgia was born in 2002. Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004. Graduate of Vassar College (1986). First Daughter, Georgia, was born August 31, 2002; her second daughter, Mae, was born December 30, 2004. Played Anton Yelchin's mother in two movies: Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and Charlie Bartlett (2008).