[2] Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, she studied theatre at the University of Windsor.
[4] Throughout her career, she has also had regular voice roles in animated films and television series, which she has credited with keeping her bills paid so that she can pursue more offbeat theatrical roles.
[5] She has been a four-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for her stage work, receiving nods in 1995 for Strange Little Monsters,[6] in 1998 for The Destruction of Eve,[7] in 2000 for The Emotionalists,[8] and in 2008 for Age of Arousal.
[9] She received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program at the 11th Gemini Awards in 1997, for her performance of Glen Sorestad's theatrical monologue "One Last Look in the Mirror" for the anthology series Spoken Art.
[10] At the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, she was nominated for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series for Pink Is In.