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Birthday: Sept. 30, 1971.

Birthplace: Los Angeles.

Occupation: Actress.

Current home: Hollywood.

Marital status: Married for two and a half years to Bodhi Elfman, an actor.

Working on: I play Dharma Finkelstein on “Dharma & Greg” on ABC-TV (Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.).

The last good movie I saw: “Face/Off.”

Favorite performer: Lucille Ball.

Favorite childhood memory: There was a boy I used to play with all the time when I was growing up. We got our first roller skates at the same time, the heavy metal ones. His were black, mine were white. We were trying to teach each other to skate and we kept falling down and laughing. We have a home movie of it.

Prized possession: The photos I have with certain people I’ve worked with and love dearly, like Jay Leno and Richard Dreyfuss.

Nobody knows I’m: In love with Drew Carey.

I wish I could stop: I love everything I indulge myself in. I don’t want to stop any of it.

If I could do it over: I never would have loaned $100 to an old boyfriend.

My fantasy is: I’m singing, flying and playing with dolphins.

People who knew me in high school thought I was: A big dork. I had really buck teeth. I had to wear braces with head gear, and I was in ballet class all the time so I was never at anything. They called me Bucky Beaver.

My most irrational act: Everything I do is irrational, spontaneous and fun.

If I weren’t an actress, I’d be: A ballerina, if I hadn’t had an ankle injury.

If I’ve learned one thing in life: Everybody wants to win.

Major accomplishment: Figuring that out.

Most humbling experience: I struck up a conversation with Harvey Keitel thinking he was someone else.

The three words that best describe me: Smart, flirtatious and hungry.