Lori Petty Biography

Fast Facts

• During high school, was the first female editor of the school's newspaper and a member of the debate team
• Wrote a column for her mother's free-circulation newspaper, Women's Image
• Considered pursuing graphic design as a career before acting
• Made her stage debut as Sharla Smith in the off-Broadway production Killer Joe in 1999
• Provided the voice of Livewire for the 2002 Atari video game Superman: Shadow of Apokolips
• Based the screenplay for her movie The Poker House on her abusive childhood