Before her fast track feature career, Warner worked in summer stock, conservatory theater and TV. She was Andrew Dice Clay's girlfriend on his 1988 HBO special, "The Diceman Cometh", as well as providing guest spots on the series "The Outsiders", "21 Jump Street", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", and "Herman's Head". As her film career stalled, she turned to the small screen, headlining the pleasantly innocuous but low-rated sitcom "Pride & Joy" (NBC, 1995), playing a new parent. After time off to marry and experience motherhood in her real life, Warner returned to series TV as an ambitious legal beagle in the CBS drama "Family Law" (1999- ).