Her mother taught Spanish at Justin F. Kimball high School in Dallas, TX.
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Beth Henley created several roles for her, including Popeye in "The Miss Firecracker Contest," a role eventually played by Alfre Woodard in the movie adaptation, Miss Firecracker (1989).
Grew up in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, TX.
Her husband, Joel Rudnick, is an agent with the Paradigm Talent Agency.