Biography
A local girl (the project was lensed in her native Chico), Detmer impressed with a featured role in the telepic, but resumed her education, earning her BA and later her MFA in theater. In 1998 she spent a summer on stage in Minneapolis and that same year lensed a starring role in the mystical independent drama "Last Seen". Although she had by now completed her graduate degree at New York University and was in her late twenties, Detmer easily …
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Career Milestones
| Acted the independent features "X-Girlfriends" and "Something Sweet" (both lensed 1999) | ||
1995 | Featured as a runaway in the CBS TV-movie "Stolen Innocence" | |
1998 | Spent the summer acting in productions at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater | |
1999 | Acted in the NBC miniseries "To Serve and Protect", chronicling a family of New York City police officers | |
1999 | Played Miss Minneapolis in the beauty pageant-set comedy "Drop Dead Gorgeous" | |
1999 | Starred in the mystical drama "Last Seen"; screened at the Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) | |
1999 | Was a regular on the short-lived Fox police drama series "Ryan Caulfield: Year One" | |
2000 | Co-starred as one of a group of high school students spared from a plane crash death because of a peer's preminatory vision in the supernatural thriller "Final Destination" | |
2000 | Featured in the romantic comedy "Boys and Girls" | |
2000 | Was a regular on the summer replacement sitcom "M.Y.O.B." (NBC) | |
2001 | Co-starred with Jim Carrey in "The Majestic" | |
2001 | Had a supporting role in "Saving Silverman", playing a young woman ready to take religious vows who is the dream girl of the Jason Biggs' titular nice guy | |
2003 | Cast on the short-lived series, "A.U.S.A." (NBC) | |
2006 | Appeared opposite Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson in the comedy "You, Me and Dupree" | |
2006 | Cast in the ABC series, "What About Brian" | |