Born in 1961, and raised in New Jersey, she also lived for a time in Philadelphia and New York City, then moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s.
She then worked in several films that starred Robert De Niro, Angel Heart (1987), and Goodfellas (1990) (the girlfriend of Joe Pesci's character).
In 1988, she played a slightly more notable role as the naked woman caught with Alec Baldwin's character in Working Girl.
However, she did make a brief acting appearance as a fashion stylist in George Clooney's HBO TV series Unscripted (2005).
As of October 2006[update], Whitcraft was working as a fashion stylist in Los Angeles for print, film and TV.