Joined a professional dance company at 14

Danced professionally and studied on scholarship with such companies as the Pennsylvania Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet and the American Ballet Theater's second company, Ballet Repertory

Appeared in over 20 Burger King commercials

Feature film acting debut, "Jaws 3-D"

Cast opposite Tom Cruise in "All the Right Moves"

Starred with Patrick Swayze and C. Thomas Howell in John Milius' "Red Dawn"

Breakthrough screen role as the young version of Michael J Fox's mother in "Back to the Future"

Appeared in "SpaceCamp" about a group of campers who accidently get launched into space

Had leading role in the unfortunate "Howard the Duck", directed by future husband Howard Deutch

Starred opposite Eric Stoltz and Mary Stuart Masterson in "Some Kind of Wonderful" written by John Hughes

Starred in the comedy "Casual Sex?" with Victoria Jackson and Andrew Dice Clay

TV debut, "Nightbreaker"

Reprised role of Michael J Fox's mother in "Back to the Future Part II" and "Back to the Future Part III" (1990)

Cast in "Article 99" about a group of doctors in a veteran's hospital

Played Alice Mitchell in the genial big screen comedy "Dennis the Menace"

TV series debut as title character in NBC sitcom "Caroline in the City"

Starred in the NBC miniseries "A Will of Their Own"

Played Sally Bowles in a touring company of "Cabaret"

Joined the cast of "Ed" for three episodes playing Ed's philandering ex-girlfriend.

Will Star in "Jane Doe," one of three "Mystery Movie" franchises developed for the Hallmark Channel