Emerging from a New York modeling background, she declined a Stanford scholarship to focus on acting and moved to Los Angeles. Her breakout film role was in John Carpenter's horror Christine (1983), followed by parts in Just the Way You Are (1984), American Flyers (1985), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) and Dragnet (1987). She became widely known as Stephanie Holden on Baywatch, a role she held for f…
