She began her professional acting career as a teenager in a Paramount Pictures film, starring a then young and unknown Robin Wright. Since then, she has acted Off and Off-Off Broadway, in regional theaters and film. In Los Angeles, she is currently a lifetime member of the Ensemble Studio Theater/Los Angeles and was previously their producing director. She has taught both Acting and Voice at Long Island University, NYU’s school for Continuing Education, as well as the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.