A vivacious, brown-eyed ingenue whose "bad girl" antics as the devil-may-care Rayanne on "My So-Called Life" (ABC, 1994-95) initially provided some of the show's lighter moments before her character descended into alcoholism, Langer acquired the nickname "A.J.", the initials of her first and middle name, because as a youngster she was something of a tomboy being the only girl playing on a little league baseball team. Her first regular TV exposure was on the Dabney Coleman sitcom vehicle "Drexell's Class" (Fox, 1991-1992) as the older daughter. Langer also made guest appearances on the TV
