2007 Cast in the indie feature, "The Last Winter"
2006 Once again teamed with director, Edward Burns in "Looking for Kitty"
2006 Cast as Tami Taylor in the NBC series "Friday Night Lights," which is inspired by the film of the same name, in which she played the same character
2005 Joined the cast of Fox's "24" as Diane Huxley, the landlady of protagonist Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland)
2004 Co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton in "Friday Night Lights" based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team
2001 Co-starred in "The Fighting Fitzgeralds", an NBC sitcom executive produced by Burns and his brother Brian
2001 Played the mother of the title character in the ABC biopic "Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story"
2000 Had recurring role on the CBS drama series "The Fugitive"
1998 Reteamed with Burns for "No Looking Back"
1996 TV-movie debut in "Escape Clause" (Showtime)
1996 - 2000 Co-starred as as the office accountant Nikki on the ABC sitcom "Spin City"
1995 Made feature film debut in Edward Burns' directorial debut, "The Brothers McMullen"
1995 TV debut in episode of "Ellen" (ABC)
Raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, from age seven
Spent a semester studying in Beijing while in college
Performed Off-Broadway and in regional theaters
Appeared in two unsold series pilots, "The Precinct" and "Pins and Needles"
