From the age of five, lived and traveled throughout Europe, Turkey, Jamaica and Bermuda

Sold her songs to German rock musicians and wrote the theme song for a kung fu movie called "Goodbye Bruce Lee" by the age 16

Returned to the USA

First screen appearance in "One from the Heart"

First leading role in film, "Risky Business"

TV movie debut as Claire Dupin in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

Stage debut, "Born Yesterday" at Pasadena Playhouse

Had lead roles in the unworthy "Feds" and "Dealers"

Starred as Moreau in the HBO Cold War thriller "By Dawn's Early Light"

Returned to the stage as the demented Charlotte Corday in "Marat/Sade" at the Williamstown Festival

Had small role as Kurt Russell's estranged wife in the fire drama "Backdraft"

Featured in the ABC movie "An Inconvenient Woman", a satirical look at L.A. society

Starred as a demented, vengeful nanny in the suspenseful drama "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle"

Played the traitorous Milady DeWinter in the enjoyable updated version of "The Three Musketeers"

TV directorial debut, episode of the revival of "The Outer Limits" (Showtime)

First credit as executive producer, "Never Talk to Strangers"; also starred as a woman who suffered from multiple personality disorder

Played Wendy Torrance in the ABC movie "Stephen King's The Shining"

Appeared as Noah Wyle's love interest in several episodes of NBC's "ER"

Starred in the HBO movie "Thick as Thieves"

Played a mother who mourned the loss of a young son in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production "Night Ride Home" (CBS)

Signed deal to make directorial debut with "Lilith"; wrote script for the romantic comedy and is expected to co-star

Had leading role in the L.A. production of "Closer"

Co-starred in the Showtime miniseries "A Girl Thing"; played one of three sisters whose lives are thrown into upheaval when their controlling mother dies

Co-starred in the thriller feature "Identity"

Appeared in the final four episodes of ABC's "The Practice," playing an attorney representing Alan Shore (James Spader) in his wrongful-termination lawsuit

Starred opposite Hilary Duff in the teen drama "Raise Your Voice"

Cast as Jay Adams' mother in "Lords of Dogtown" a fictionalized take on a group of skateboarders that originated in Venice, California during the 1970's

Cast in the short-lived HBO series, "John from Cincinnati"

Played Ron Livingston's mother in the drama "Music Within"