Paula Cale

Provided comic relief, co-starring as spunky single mother Joanie Hansen on the popular NBC drama "Providence"

Acted in a recurring role as Cybill Sheridan's starstruck niece on the CBS series "Cybill"

Was featured in the HBO biopic "Winchell"

Featured in the independent horror comedy "Office Killer"

Played Tea Leoni's younger sister on episodes of NBC's "The Naked Truth"

Starred Off-Broadway as Gilda Radner in former "Saturday Night Live" writer Alan Zweibel's "Bunny Bunny--Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy"

Made Broadway debut in a Roundabout Theater production of "The Night of the Iguana"

Starred as a waitress on the Fox comedy series "Local Heroes"

Was a regular on the short-lived sitcom "Buddies" (ABC)

Had a recurring role as McGovern, a Republican ex-VJ who joins "F.Y.I" and clashes with the title reporter on the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown"

Brought "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" to Los Angeles where she was spotted by Candice Bergen and cast on "Murphy Brown"

Originated the role of Picasso groupie Suzanne in Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre production of Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile"

Worked as an assistant in the US Senate cloakroom

Raised in Great Falls, Virginia