Raised in Anaheim, California, and a 1976 graduate of Anaheim High School, she entered the performing arts through early stage work, debuting on Broadway in Dancin' (1978) and joining the national tour of Pippin at twenty. Her Broadway résumé expanded with roles in Oh Brother, Dance a Little Closer, Cabaret, A Grand Night for Singing and Marilyn: An American Fable, earning a Tony nomination for fe…
