Early on she was cast to co-star opposite Frank Vincent in the independent film The Afterlife of Grandpa, but turned it down to study psychology at McGill University.
Her first foray into writing for herself as an actress was her 1996 one-woman show Letters to Ben Stein, an imaginary tale of an epistolary romance with the actor/economist.
[2][5] She contributed to the Tarcher/Penguin book The May Queen, a collection of essays exploring issues and experiences relevant to women in their thirties.
In addition, she is currently working on the script for a sports comedy set in the world of girls' track and shot.
[2][6] Source:[7] Juergensen lives in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles with her husband, Fox Sports columnist and comedy writer Kevin Hench, and their two dogs.