While still in college, she played a younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's character in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie The Locket (2002)
Won a three-year contract as Jennifer Munson on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns just as she graduated from college, and started work 10 days after receiving her degree
Was nominated for Daytime Emmy awards in 2005 and '06
In 2006, hosted the Miss Connecticut USA and the Miss Connecticut Teen USA pageants
In 2007, she starred in a stage production of The 39 Steps, which opened at the Huntington Theatre in Boston and moved to Broadway in 2008
Has made guest appearances on Life on Mars, Law & Order; SVU, Fringe and White Collar
Landed the lead role of Dana Faraday on the NBC series The Cape