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• Won a small role in a Jordache Jeans commercial when she was 14 years old.
• Filmed three movies—The Goonies (1985), Summer Rental (1985) and Lucas (1986)—nearly back-to-back-to-back before taking a break from acting to attend college.
• Graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Vassar College.
• After college she got a job at Covenant House of California, where she worked with homeless youth.
• Cofounded a movie production company, Independent Women Artists, with Bonnie Dickenson, and cowrote and produced a film about teen pregnancy called Bellyfruit (1999).