Knew she wanted to perform in some way from a very young age
Says she might have become an English teacher if she hadn't pursued acting
Used to perform at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago
Is a fan of Mary Tyler Moore and Julie Andrews—The Dick Van Dyke Show is her all-time favorite TV show and The Sound of Music is her favorite movie
Played Eve Sinclair on Eden, on Playboy Television, and also posed in Playboy, in the June 1993 issue
Says she's not like Deb, her off-kilter, recovering-alcoholic character on One Tree Hill, but she likes the fact that Deb is a well-rounded character who's full of flaws and makes mistakes