Grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts

Joined the National Theatre Institute

Performed in numerous productions with the NYC acting troupe Naked Angels and with the Malaparte Theater Company

Directed by actor Ethan Hawke in Jonathan Mark Sherman's play "Veins and Thumbtacks" (Malaparte Theater)

Film debut in the critically acclaimed indie feature "Ed's Next Move" (billed as Calliope Thorne)

Appeared in the feature "Turbulence," starring Ray Liotta

Portrayed Detective Laura Ballard, a seasoned homicide detective transplanted to Baltimore from Seattle, on NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Streets"

Played a single mother trying to raise her son in "Double Parked"

Cast in the comedy "Whipped" starring Amanda Peet

Co-starred in Ed Burns' "Sidewalks of New York"

Played the ex-wife of Baltimore Homicide Detective James McNulty (Dominic West) on the HBO series, "The Wire"

Appeared in the HBO original movie "Hysterical Blindness," directed by Mira Nair and starred Uma Thurman and Juliette Lewis

Cast as Sheila Keefe, the 9/11 widow of Tommy's (Denis Leary) cousin Jimmy on the FX drama, "Rescue Me"

Appeared in the independent film "David & Layla," opposite David Moscow

Appeared on stage in the production of "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," opposite Sam Rockwell and Eric Bogosian, directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Had a recurring role on "Prison Break" (Fox)