Raised in the Portland suburb of Boring before moving to Apple Valley, Minnesota, she attended Apple Valley High School, excelled in forensics, was homecoming queen, and later studied acting at Juilliard. Her first notable screen role was Tammi Littlenut on the cult series Strangers with Candy (1999), followed by supporting parts in the comedies Hitch (2005), Accepted (2006) and Forgetting Sarah M…
