[1] She is best known for her screen roles in Just One of the Guys (1985) and the horror films April Fool's Day (1986) and Remote Control (1988).

Goodrich published her debut novel, Finding Mrs. Ford, through the Post Hill Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in 2019.

[2] She graduated summa cum laude from Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio in 1980, earning a bachelor's degree in modern foreign languages with a minor in dance.

[5] Goodrich is on the boards of the New York Botanical Garden, the PRASAD Project, the Avon Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut (which she co-founded),[6] and the Greenwich Historical Society.

[7] Her first novel, Finding Mrs. Ford, a literary thriller, will be published on June 25, 2019 by Post Hill Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster.