Dunford spent the next two years working at the Public Theater in the American premiere of the off-Broadway and Broadway runs of Serious Money and in the lead role of Love's Labours Lost, directed by Gerald Freedman.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Dunford has appeared in over 100 television episodes, both as a series regular (Good Sports, Hudson Street with Tony Danza, Something So Right, Bob, with Bob Newhart, and The Secret Lives of Men) and as a guest star (Law & Order: LA, Harry's Law, Two and a Half Men, Boston Legal, Seinfeld, Frasier, 'Til Death, Without a Trace and others).
Her other film roles include 1997's Ulee's Gold opposite Peter Fonda, 2000's Love & Basketball, How to Go Out on a Date in Queens, and the award-winning short Dos Corazones.
Dunford is also a playwright, and was invited to perform her series of monologues, Out Loud, at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival as well as at the Edgemar Theater in Los Angeles.
She provides narration for documentary films and museum installments, and does voice work for video games in the Mass Effect, Lord of the Rings, Civilization, Hitman, and X-COM series, as well as Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, EverQuest, and Infamous Second Son.