This sunny California girl toiled through nearly ten years of modeling and TV commercials before getting her big break as the 'Tool Time Girl' on the sitcom "Home Improvement" in 1993. Dunning was a high school cheerleader and Homecoming Queen who segued into a successful modeling career after her graduation in 1984. Tall, slim, and dark-haired, with a sardonic smile, she went on to appear in commercials for Foot Locker, Ford and Taco Bell, before making her film debut in the straight-to-video "Dangerous Curves" (1988).Her first TV appearance was a small role on HBO's "Dream On", after which
