A Midwest native, Cari Shayne moved to New York City and graduated from the prestigious Professional Children's School with fellow school mates Jerry O'Connell, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Donald Faison. After relocating to Los Angeles she was cast as Karen Wexler in the number one daytime drama General Hospital (1963), propelling her into the national spotlight early in her career. However, a move to prime time is what served to broaden her appeal to a wider audience when she joined the cast of the hit Fox drama, Party of Five (1994). She made a splash with critics and Hollywood alike when she starred as young Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries, Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (1995). People Magazine called her "luminous" and Peter Bogdanovich promptly cast her as Claire Gundry, a Marilyn Monroe wannabe, southern Belle in the 1950s period film The Price of Heaven (1997). Shayne also co-starred with Matthew Settle and Sarah Paulson in Louis L'Amour's Shaughnessy (1996) and appeared with Nestor Carbonell in the Sundance favorite Jack the Dog (2001).Shayne has also done extensive work in series television. Just before Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) took a bow, Aaron Spelling took notice of Shayne's talent and wrote her onto 90210 as Daniel Cosgrove's schizophrenic wife.Cari has made regular appearances on such television series as Cold Case, American Dreams, and The Division, to name a few and starred in the television pilots, Forbidden Island, and Dope, in which she co-starred with Jason Priestly.Shayne recently appeared in the first ever action series made for Mobile and broadband platforms, Flatland, from the producers of Million Dollar Baby and The Godfather, starring Dennis Hopper.She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, actor/singer Alex Mendoza, and their baby, Gaelan Edward, born October 2004.