Grew up in Geneva, New York

TV acting debut, a guest appearance in an episode of "Spenser: For Hire"

Portrayed teen heroine Julie Chandler on the ABC daytime soap, "All My Children"

Feature acting debut, "Band of the Hand"; appeared opposite first husband Daniele Quinn

Had recurring role on the NBC sitcom "My Two Dads"

TV-movie debut, as Betty in "Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again" (NBC)

Had female lead opposite Andrew Dice Clay in "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"

Co-starred in the short-lived series, "The Antagonists" (CBS)

Portrayed sheriff's deputy Maxine 'Max' Stewart on the CBS drama series "Picket Fences"; initial TV collaboration with David E Kelley

First feature lead role, "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"; played Lee's wife Linda

Acted with future husband Jim Carrey in "Dumb and Dumber"

Played Greg Kinnear's fiance in "Sabrina"

Acted in Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls"

Reteamed with Kinnear for the romantic comedy "A Smile Like Yours"

Starred opposite Ed Burns in Burns' "No Looking Back"

Formed Hollycould Productions

Appeared with Peter Falk and Timothy Hutton in "VIG"; film premiered on Cinemax

Had role alongside Stephen Dorff in Phil Joanou's autobiographical "Entropy"; released direct-to-video in 2000

Returned to series TV playing a plastic surgeon on "Chicago Hope", overseen by David E Kelley

Played Dennis Quaid's wife in "Any Given Sunday", directed by Oliver Stone

Cast as an aspiring actress in "The Last Producer"; screened at Cannes; aired on USA Network in 2001

Joined the cast of "NCIS," (CBS) as Jenny Shepard, the head of the NCIS unit

Co-starred in Arie Posin's ensemble "The Chumscrubber," a darkly satiric story about life crumbling in the midst of a seemingly idyllic suburbia

Cast opposite Alan Arkin in director Neal Miller's character-driven comedy drama, "Raising Flagg"