Birthday: May 31.
Birthplace: Minneapolis.
Occupation: Actress.
Current home: Los Angeles.
Marital status: Married to director Howard Deutch.
Children: Two daughters, Madeline, 4, and Zoey, 10 months.
Car: A dark green 1995 Jeep Cherokee.
Working on: My new sit-com, “Caroline in the City,” on NBC-TV; a TV movie, “The Unspoken Truth” for NBC; and a Showtime movie, “The Right to Remain Silent.”
The last good movie I saw: “Patton.”
I stay home to watch: Sitcoms, because I’m trying to understand them.
Favorite pig-out food: The whole Thanksgiving dinner.
Favorite childhood memory: I’d lie with my head on my mom’s stomach.
Prized possession: My house in Montana.
Personal heroes: Margot Fonteyn, because I was a ballet dancer, and Bonnie Raitt because I thought she was the coolest.
Every New Year’s I resolve: I don’t even bother.
I’ve never been able to: Organize my life.
I’d give anything to meet: Albert Einstein. I think he could have explained the theory of relativity to me.
I want to teach my daughters: To go easy on themselves, to give themselves a break.
My fantasy is: I’m in a perfect green park with my family, having a picnic.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: A complete goofball. I was just a nerd.
My most irrational act: Moving to New York when I was 19. I only had $300. It lasted about a day.
The worst time of my life: When I was 25, I was breaking up a long-term relationship. I felt old. I didn’t have any kids and I wanted kids.
If I’ve learned one thing in life it’s: Family is the most important thing.
Three words that best describe me: Self-effacing, performer and strong.
