| Worked as an apprentice to Francis Ford Coppola at his Zoetrope Studios prior to making her on-screen debut in 1982, with a minor role in his big-budget flick One From the Heart. |
| As a result of moving around Europe during her childhood, is fluent in French and German; after graduating from high school in Austria, moved back to the United States. |
| Studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles. |
| Breakthrough role was as call girl Lana in 1983's wildly popular Risky Business. |
| Forayed into stage acting in 1988, in the Pasadena Playhouse production of Born Yesterday. |
| Moved to Europe with her family when she was five, after her stepfather, Richard De Mornay, passed away. |
| Appeared in the music video for Jefferson Starship's 1985 hit "Sara." |