A leggy, dark-haired actress who spent years playing snotty, ice-cold, scheming or just plain tightly-wound ex-wives or mistresses, Wendie Malick has gradually moved on to a greater variety of roles. After a long, award-winning run as Brian Benben's ex-wife Judith—whose life always seemed to be perfect—on HBO's "Dream On" (1990-96), she finally landed a role on a hit show, as Nina Van Horn, the pretentious former model turned magazine editor, on "Just Shoot Me" (NBC, 1997-2003).

The Buffalo native began her career in summer stock musicals and in way off-Broadway productions. In an attempt to