[2] Hopkins attended the musical theater program at Carnegie Mellon University and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
[3] Hopkins' first television credit was an appearance on the soap opera One Life to Live, followed by a regular role on Another World.
She spent the next year traveling the world with the production, performing in Paris, Hamburg, Helsinki, and Montreal, as well as at the Edinburgh Festival, among other locales.
[citation needed] Hopkins has performed in numerous live radio plays for LA Theater Works, including Proof with Anne Heche and The Heidi Chronicles with Martha Plimpton.
[citation needed] In 2009, Hopkins was named the new Head of Musical Theatre at Texas State University[5] under the Department Chair, Dr. John Fleming.