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Birthday: May 31, 1965.

Birthplace: New York.

Occupation: Actress.

Current home: Las Vegas.

Marital status: Married to Andre Agassi since April 19.

Car: A black 1995 Jeep.

Working on: I play Susan on “Suddenly Susan” on NBC-TV and I’ve got a movie coming out, “The Misadventures of Margaret.”

The book I’ve been reading: “Lady Avalon,” the prequel to “Mists of Avalon.”

Magazines I read: Decorating magazines.

Favorite performer: Bette Midler.

Favorite childhood memory: Lying in bed at night while it was still light out. It was great for looking out the window and daydreaming.

Personal heroes: Charlie’s Angels, Mother Teresa, the cabaret singer Andrea Marcovicci, the actor Ian Holm in “King Lear.”

Nobody knows I’m: An introvert and very serious.

I wish I could stop: Criticizing myself.

I’d give anything to meet: The pope.

The worst advice my parents ever gave me: They encouraged me to do anything I wanted to do. It created a full-steam-ahead lifestyle that at times fatigued me and didn’t leave me time to be peaceful.

People who knew me in high school thought I was: A nerd, a geek, a bookworm.

The best times in my life: When I was 19. I was really in a utopian place. The drama of being a new college student was over, I had found my niche and was doing very well in my course of study. Then four years ago, I was in that blissful stage of falling in love.

The worst time in my life: The first year of college. I was confused as to how to be on my own and I had the added recognition factor and I was truly homesick, in a deeper way than I anticipated.

The three words that best describe me: Passionate, sensitive and versatile.