Her first love is theater: She started acting at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and frequently competed in an annual Shakespeare Monologue Contest
Started her TV career on the 2006 NBC series Book of Daniel
Made her New York stage debut in 2006 in Cagelove
Researched roles playing drug addicts and strippers by learning to snort fake drugs and preparing pole-dancing routines
Starred in such off-Broadway productions as Little Flower of East Orange, which was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, as well as A Feminine Ending, directed by Blair Brown