Amy Brenneman

Re-teamed with Al Pacino for the thriller, "88 Minutes"

Cast as Psychiatrist, Dr. Violet Turner in the "Grey's Anatomy" spin-off, "Private Practice" (ABC)

Cast in the feature adatation of "The Jane Austen Book Club," as Sylvia a 50-something year old who is going through a troubling separation

Cast in the ensemble "Nine Lives"; Rodrigo García directs a series of vignettes, offering glimpses into the lives of nine women

Starred with Joan Allen and Sam Elliott in "Off the Map" directed by Campbell Scott

Acted in the Sundance screened feature "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her" (aired on Showtime in 2001)

Featured in the independent police drama "Lesser Prophets" with fellow "NYPD Blue" veteran Jimmy Smits

Returned to series TV as a jurist and single mother in "Judging Amy" (CBS); Silberling directed the pilot; also executive produced and was one of the series' creators; received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Lead Actress from 2000-2002 and a SAG nomination in 2003

Starred as the titular painter in the HBO biopic "Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist"

Had recurring role as a love interest to Kelsey Grammer's "Frasier" (NBC)

Played an unhappily married woman in Neil LaBute's "Your Friends and Neighbors"

Co-produced and co-starred in the independent film "Nevada"

Had leading role in the Off-Broadway play "God's Heart"

Appeared in the stalker thriller "Fear"

Starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in the actioner "Daylight"

Co-starred in the divorce-themed comedy-drama "Bye Bye, Love"

Featured opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Michael Mann's "Heat"

Played Christina Ricci's deceased mother in "Casper"; helmed by Silberling

Played Officer Janice Licalsi on the ABC series, "NYPD Blue"; earned Emmy (1994, 1995) nominations for Best Supporting Actress; future husband Brad Silberling directed episodes

Made series debut on the acclaimed but short-lived CBS series, "Middle Ages"

Starred in "Saint Joan of the Stockyards" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut

Appeared in the Cornerstone Theater's adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca's, "The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife"

Raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut