She holds a B.A. in Theatre from UCLA, and an M.F.A. in Acting from the Yale School of Drama. After Yale, she moved to New York and studied acting with Robert Lewis, one of the founding members of The Group Theatre. Only a year out of school, she was cast as "Sondra" the eldest daughter on the hit and historical television series, The Cosby Show. She returned to UCLA, some years later to study her passion, interior design, at the UCLA Extension Professional Design Program. On stage she was a cast member in 3 productions of "Love, Loss and What I Wore" by Nora and Delia Ephron. She has performed at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, George Street Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep., SanJose Rep., Arizona Theatre Company, and Chautauqua Theatre Institute. She has participated in The Sundance Theatre Lab and The Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights' Conference as both an actor, at the conference, as well as a script reader in the selection process. Her television credits include the voice of Norma Bindlebeep on the Nick@Nite animated series "Fatherhood", host of "In Your Own Backyard"; a 4 part series on the environment for New York public television, the host for E! Style Television’s "Homes With Style", and the east coast correspondent/host for the Oregon Public Television series "Smart Gardening". Her hobbies and passions include interior design, collage and making all things pretty.