Graduated first in her high school class in Houston, Texas and with honors from Williams College.
In addition to numerous NBC series, portrayed the same character (Dr. Elizabeth Olivet) on an unrelated shows on a different network, "New York Undercover" on Fox.
She has done fifteen plays, two movies, and two television series with her actor husband, Byron Jennings.
Her father owned an oil drilling company in the 1970s, with an office
in Houston, Texas.