Bright-eyed young actress whose theatrical and TV career took off while she was still a college student with the title role in the lauded CBS Schoolbreak Special, "Abby, My Love" (1991) as an incest survivor, and on Broadway in "Some Americans Abroad", as one of the open yet philistine American tourists. Her mediterranean good looks have slated her for "ethnic" roles such as the young, Jewish Diane Lowe in the series, "I'll Fly Away" (1992), whose inter-faith romance is an issue in the small-town South of the 50s, and as an innocent Italian-American hairdresser Rose Polito, the lead in an episode of "Tribeca" (1993).
Her film credits include "Waterland" (1992), where she played one of the students, and "The Cowboy Way" (1994), portraying a kidnapped Cuban immigrant reliant on the hayseeds Kiefer Sutherland and Woody Harrelson.
Education
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Columbia University, New York, New York, English and political science, BA, 1992
Milestones
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1984 Stage acting debut Spookhouse (date approximate)
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1989 TV acting debut, Dream Street
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1990 First Broadway supporting role, Some Americans Abroad
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1991 First starring TV role as Abby in Abby, My Love
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1992 Feature acting debut, Gladiator
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1994 First leading role in a feature, The Cowboy Way
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1997 Wrote, produced and directed the short film Baggage, starring Liev Schreiber
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1998 Appeared in the indie film, Next Stop Wonderland
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2000 Co-starred in the film Happy Accidents
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2004 Starred on the final season of the NBC drama Third Watch as Grace Foster, a headstrong paramedic
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2006 Co-starred in the comedy, Artie Lange s Beer League
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2006 Joined the cast of the HBO mob drama, The Sopranos playing Christopher s (Michael Imperioli) new bride
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Raised in New York City