Born and raised in Evanston, Illinois. She earned her SAG card in the movie 'Rudy' portraying the role of 'Young Sherry', the older version played by 'Lili Taylor'. She performed in the Equity production of 'Annie Warbucks' at the Marriot, Lincolnshire and Drury Lane theaters, starring 'Harve Presnell' as 'Daddy Warbucks'. The original creators of 'Annie' made this sequel with the intentions of getting it on Broadway and made into a second movie. She attended Columbia College Chicago and graduated with a BA in Theatre.