Having aspirations to become an actress, Minshew set out for the career path some time after graduating from South Fork High School in Stuart, Florida.
In 2009, Minshew gave birth to her first child and went on maternity leave right as All My Children relocated production to Los Angeles.
In the new film directed by James Kicklighter, Minshew plays a Georgia artist who falls in love with an Indian psychiatrist and follows him back to his homeland, where his parents have arranged a marriage with another woman.
[3][4] In 2014, Minshew played New York City reporter Sara Preston in the soap opera web series Beacon Hill.
"[9] In October 2008, Minshew married Richie Herschenfeld, a New York City restaurant owner who is also the best friend of actor Thorsten Kaye, her long time on-screen husband.