Birthday: Nov. 16, 1970.
Birthplace: New York.
Occupation: Actress.
Current home: New York.
Marital status: Single.
Car: A 1993 dark green Ford Explorer.
Working on: I’m playing Laura in “The Glass Menagerie” at Steppenwolf Theatre and I’ve got a film coming out, “200 Cigarettes.”
The last good movie I saw: “Happiness.”
The book I’ve been reading: “Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams” (Crown) by Lyle Leverich.
Magazines I read: The New Yorker, Harper’s and Martha Stewart Living.
Favorite pigout food: I’ll eat anything. I have a very varied diet.
Favorite performers: Elvis Costello and Prince.
Prized possession: My health.
Personal hero: The Bionic Woman.
People always think I’m: It used to be Jodie Foster; now it’s someone they went to high school with.
If I could do it over: I would have asked for these questions three weeks in advance so I could have had better answers.
The best advice my mother ever gave me: “Don’t hire a publicist.” I had one once for a year, and it didn’t do a thing for me.
The one thing I can’t stand: Flying on airplanes.
If I could change one thing about myself: I would have been wiser with my money.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: A pain.
My most irrational act: Moving to Los Angeles for a year about seven years ago. I hated L.A. and actually there was less work there for me.
If I weren’t an actress, I’d be: A trucker.
If I’ve learned one thing in life it’s: That I love my job.
The one word that best describes me: Blond.
