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
2009 | Starred in the Lifetime Network comedy "One Hot Summer" | |
2008 | Cast in a recurring role on NBC's "Lipstick Jungle" | |
2008 | Starred in The Hallmark Channel family drama "The Nanny Express" | |
2003 | Cast as Samantha Jane "Sam" Marquez in the NBC drama "Las Vegas" | |
2001 | Joined cast of ABC's "NYPD Blue" in recurring role of detective Carmen Olivera | |
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 | |
1998 | Joined the cast of the Fox primetime soap "Beverly Hills, 90210" | |
| Cast in the independent feature "Nice Guys Sleep Alone" (filmed in 1998) | ||
1997 | Had featured role in unsold ABC pilot "L.A. Med" | |
| Was commercial spokesperson for Head and Shoulders shampoo | ||
1996 | Portrayed Nicolas Cage's fiancee in "The Rock" | |
1996 | Had lead in the ABC TV-movie "To Love, Honor, and Deceive" | |
1995 | Served as a recurring host for ABC's late-night series "In Concert" | |
1993 | Co-starred with Dwight Yoakam and Sally Kirkland in the Peter Fonda-directed play "Southern Rapture" in L.A. | |
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 | |
| Appeared in the Prince music video "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" | ||
1978 | Began acting in local theater productions in Palm Desert, CA (date approximate) | |
| Later lived in Reno, NV before family settled in Southern California | ||
| Moved with family to Anchorage, AK when she was a toddler | ||
Awards
2002 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |
1997 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |
1996 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |