Raised in Glendale, California

At age 10, began training to become a concert pianist with Sergei Tarnowsky

At Tarnowsky's death, abandoned playing piano

While a freshman at USC, cut classes to volunteer at Solari Theater in Beverly Hills

Met Richard Dreyfuss's agent and lied about her acting experiences, which included making up play title "Speaking Of"

Professional acting debut in an episode of "Baretta"

TV-movie acting debut, NBC's "The Deerslayer", based on the novel by James Fennimore Cooper

Played Mary in the ABC TV-movie "The Nativity"

Co-starred in NBC miniseries "Beulah Land"

Acted in first film, "Tropical Snow" (released 1989)

First released film appearance, "Stakeout"; also first onscreen collaboration with Aidan Quinn

Co-starred opposite Kevin Costner in "Revenge"

Played Kurt Russell's wife in the thriller "Unlawful Entry"

Breakthrough role starring opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in "The Last of the Mohicans", based on a James Fennimore Cooper novel

Briefly reprised her role from "Stakeout" in an uncredited cameo in "Another Stakeout"

Offered a strong turn as the wife of an adulterous husband in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts"

Had first leading role as a blind woman who witnesses a murder in "Blink"; starred opposite Aidan Quinn

Cast as a psychiatrist in "12 Monkeys"

Returned to features after a three-year absence as co-star with Kenneth Branagh and William Hurt in "The Proposition"

Appeared as a cheating wife in "Playing By Heart"

Co-starred with Gary Sinise in the sci-fi thriller "Impostor"

Starred in the A&E miniseries version of "The Magnificent Ambersons"

Played the title role in the CBS TV movie "Saving Milly"

Will play a shrink in the NBC's midseason series "Raines"