Nearly died in June 2004 while 6-months pregnant with her first child. The valves in her heart were attacked by an aggressive bacterial infection. She had emergency surgery and both she and her daughter Ima survived.
Married to Jeffrey Quelle, director of the Blue Man Group.
Her husband is Geoffrey Quelle, the technical director of Blue Man Group. They have two daughters Ima and Mica.
Daughter Ima, born August 2003.
She was awarded the 1995 Drama-Logue Award for Performance for "The Woman Warrior" in presented by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle (University of California) Theatre in Los Angeles, California.