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• Acting career began at age 9 with a part in a national toy commercial. 
• Took classes at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles.  
• Made TV series debut in 1993 on Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Eventually left the show to go back to school.   
• Was featured in the 1995 Disney Channel documentary Hollywood Lives. 
• Was offered and turned down the role of Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer; later appeared on Buffy as the slayer Kendra. 
• Acted opposite her father, Richard Lawson, on Saved by the Bell: The New Class.