Biography
Her breakout role saw her locking lips with "GH" hunks like Maurice Benard and Ingo Rademacher, creating one of daytime TV's steamiest love triangles of the 1990s. As the impulsive, emotional Barrett, she not only earned a kind of long-time fame few daytime TV performers experience, but she also garnered numerous acting awards for her work, including a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. At the peak of her …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared in the Prince music video "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" | ||
| Cast in the independent feature "Nice Guys Sleep Alone" (filmed in 1998) | ||
| Later lived in Reno, NV before family settled in Southern California | ||
| Moved with family to Anchorage, AK when she was a toddler | ||
| Was commercial spokesperson for Head and Shoulders shampoo | ||
1978 | Began acting in local theater productions in Palm Desert, CA (date approximate) | |
1992 | Portrayed Brenda Barrett on the ABC daytime soap "General Hospital"; received Best Supporting Actress Emmy nominations in 1997 and 1998; made her triumphant return to the show in 2010 | |
1993 | Co-starred with Dwight Yoakam and Sally Kirkland in the Peter Fonda-directed play "Southern Rapture" in L.A. | |
1995 | Served as a recurring host for ABC's late-night series "In Concert" | |
1996 | Had lead in the ABC TV-movie "To Love, Honor, and Deceive" | |
1996 | Portrayed Nicolas Cage's fiancee in "The Rock" | |
1997 | Had featured role in unsold ABC pilot "L.A. Med" | |
1998 | Joined the cast of the Fox primetime soap "Beverly Hills, 90210" | |
1999 | Acted onstage opposite Tyler Christopher in the L.A. production "Starfire" | |
1999 | Co-starred with Jeremy Sisto in "This Space Between Us"; premiered at the Seattle Film Festival | |
2001 | Joined cast of ABC's "NYPD Blue" in recurring role of detective Carmen Olivera | |
2003 | Cast as Samantha Jane "Sam" Marquez in the NBC drama "Las Vegas" | |
2008 | Cast in a recurring role on NBC's "Lipstick Jungle" | |
2008 | Starred in The Hallmark Channel family drama "The Nanny Express" | |
2009 | Starred in the Lifetime Network comedy "One Hot Summer" | |
Awards
1996 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |
1997 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |
2002 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |