Biography
Soon after relocating to Los Angeles in her Miss Teen USA Mercury Tracer, the blonde Oregon native landed a ten-month stint on the daytime serial "Santa Barbara" (NBC, 1991-92) and then made her feature debut as the pistol-toting daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Last Action Hero" (1993). 1995 saw her in small parts in the movies "Nixon" and "Higher Learning" and in higher profile roles as a tough drug task-force leader in "Mortal …
Career Milestones
| Raised in Oregon | ||
| Relocated to Los Angeles | ||
| Signed to a Japanese recording contract | ||
1990 | Crowned Miss Teen USA | |
1991 | Played recurring character on NBC daytime series "Santa Barbara" | |
1993 | Feature film debut as Arnold Schwarzenegger's pistol-toting daughter in "The Last Action Hero" | |
1995 | Acted in John Singleton's "Higher Learning" | |
1995 | Cast as a vixen in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" | |
1995 | Played Adam Sandler's love interest in "Billy Madison" | |
1995 | Portrayed a tough drug task-force leader who winds up chained to a pillar in a hopelessly silly dress in "Mortal Kombat" | |
1996 | Appeared as Gena Rowland's prim daughter-in-law in "Unhook the Stars" | |
1997 | Had featured role as prize model Sahara, a self-effacing bottle-blonde given to holding forth on the "deeply spiritual" essence of "The Little Mermaid", in Tom DiCillo's "The Real Blonde" | |
1997 | Made indelible impression as teenager in jeopardy in "I Know What You Did Last Summer" | |
1997 | Starred in USA Network cable movie "The Stepsister" | |
1998 | Seduced Peter Gallagher's renowned scientist with an eye on computerized imortality in ABC movie "Virtual Obsession" | |
2000 | Cast as a beauty pageant contestant in "Beautiful" | |
2000 | Co-starred in the fall Fox drama series "The $treet" | |
2001 | Played a San Francisco businesswoman and bride-to-be who hires Jennifer Lopez in "The Wedding Planner" | |
2002 | Co-starred in the action thriller "Extreme Ops" | |
2005 | Cast in "Shopgirl" starring Claire Danes and Steve Martin; adapted by Martin from his novella | |