Moved to Los Angeles at age 16 (date approximate)

Acted in commercials and music videos by Julio Iglesias, Dweezil Zappa, Herb Alpert, and Rick Astley

Feature acting debut, "Don't Tell Her It's Me"

TV-movie acting debut, "Jury Duty"

TV series debut as a regular, playing Shelly Johnson in the cult-soap "Twin Peaks" (ABC)

First feature lead, "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers"

Reprised role of Shelly in David Lynch's feature "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"

Starred opposite James Spader in "Dream Lover"

Played bad girl Carrie Fairchild in CBS nighttime soap, "Central Park West/CPW"

Returned to series TV as co-star of the short-lived ABC series "Fantasy Island"

Signed to play Mrs. Freed in the NBC biopic "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story" opposite Judd Nelson

Had a recurring role as Nicole Kennedy in the WB drama "Dawson's Creek"

Cast in a recurring role on the WB's "Gilmore Girls"

Cast as Wendall Meade, a social worker and love interest to Dr. John Carter (Noah Wyle) on the medical drama "ER" (NBC)

Joined the cast of "Joey" (NBC) as a photographer and romantic interest of Matt LeBlanc's character