After earning a degree from Skidmore College, Kihlstedt entered the industry with a leading role opposite Rutger Hauer in the 1993 action thriller Arctic Blue. She quickly moved into mainstream cinema, portraying the criminal Alice Ribbons in Home Alone 3 (1997) and appearing in the disaster film Deep Impact (1998). A decade-long hiatus for family life ended with a return in the comedy Women in Tr…
