Raised in Tennessee and Pennsylvania

Family settled in the Washington, DC area

Moved to NYC to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology

Dropped out and moved to Jamiaca for five months

Traveled throughout Central and South America

Toured with the Washington Theatre Laboratory in a stage production of "Saint"

Film acting debut, "The Widget Maker"

Moved back to New York City

Appeared in the short film "The Aftermath"

Feature acting debut in John Landis's "National Lampoon's Animal House"

Played one of three radical college students in "A Small Circle of Friends"

Breakout role, playing the feisty heroine Marion Ravenwood in Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Made Broadway debut, playing Helen Keller in Arthur Penn's "Monday After the Miracle"

Played Albert Finney's mistress in Alan Parker's "Shoot the Moon"

Played an American tourist in Paris, having an affair with Thierry Lhermitte in "Until September"

Co-starred with Jeff Bridges in John Carpenter's "Starman"

Portrayed Laura in the Paul Newman directed film version of the Tennessee William's play, "The Glass Menagerie"

Cast as Bill Murray's long-lost love Claire Philips in the Christmas comedy "Scrooged"

Portrayed crew member Christa McAuliffe in the controversial ABC movie "Challenger"; based on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

Featured in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X"

Played the mother in the short-lived CBS series "The Road Home"

Had a supporting role in the Lifetime movie "Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story"

Returned to the big screen to co-star in the independent feature, "The Basket"

Had featured role in Wolfgang Petersen's "The Perfect Storm"

Returned to the NYC stage in "Speaking in Tongues"

Appeared in Todd Field's "In the Bedroom"

Co-starred in the gay-themed drama film, "Poster Boy"

Reprised role of Marion Ravenwood in the sequel, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"