Comes from a family of performers, with a grandfather who was an Academy Award-winning composer, a grandmother who was an actress, a father who taught theater and a mother who was a singer-songwriter
First acted at the age of 7 in a play at Smith College
Studied under Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
Hosted a number of CBS TV specials, including Funny Flubs & Screw Ups and Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials II in the early 2000s
Appeared in No More Kings' 2007 music video for their song "Sweep the Leg