She starred as Samantha Reilly in the Fox prime time soap opera Melrose Place (1996–1998) and as Angela Bennett in the USA Network thriller series The Net (1998–99).
She later had significant guest roles on the NBC series Friday Night Lights and on Life, in which Langton played a lawyer and then a deputy district attorney.
Her first films were Swingers, directed by Doug Liman, and then Reach the Rock, produced by John Hughes (cult movie director of Sixteen Candles and many other iconic hits).
Langton was a regular cast member in the ABC adventure drama series, Extreme, co-starring opposite Julie Bowen and James Brolin.
[3][4] In 2001, Langton had the leading role in the Fox crime drama series, Fling,[5] During her later career, she starred in a number of smaller films, including Partner(s) (2005) with Jay Harrington and Julie Bowen, and Beautiful Dreamer alongside Colin Egglesfield.