Raised in Bayonne, New Jersey

Played Dorothy in a high school production of "The Wizard of Oz"

Worked as a model for two years after high school

Reportedly botched an audition for the NBC sitcom "The Tony Danza Show"

Portrayed teenager Drew Jacobs on the long-running CBS daytime drama series "Guiding Light"

Won an Emmy portraying a young Judy Garland in the ABC miniseries "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows"

Feature acting debut, "Stealing Harvard"

Made Broadway debut playing opposite Bernadette Peters in a revival of "Gypsy"; earned a Tony Award nomination

Cast opposite Matt Damon in Robert De Niro's long-anticipated "The Good Shepherd"

Portrayed a woman with multiple-personality disorder in a CBS remake of "Sybil"

Co-starred in the musical biopic "Cadillac Records"