[1] Her father, Edmund Goehring, Sr., was a Commander in the Navy in World War II and a vice president of sales for an electronics company.
Goehring also originated the character of Magenta in the video game Grand Theft Auto V. She has been nominated for a Chicago local Emmy for her performance in John Logan's Moment of Rage,[5] starring Denis O'Hare.
Goehring first garnered notice for her Chicago performance in Christopher Durang's Laughing Wild for which she won a Joseph Jefferson Citation.
[6] She played Harper Pitt in Tony Kushner's first national tour of Angels in America, which earned her a Miami Carbonell Award.
[10] She earned her Equity Card in the process[11] Other more recent credits include playing Vivian Bearing, PhD, in Margaret Edson's Wit, at North Carolina Theatre, for which she won Best Actress in a Play (Broadway World/Raleigh); and Mother Radiunt in the Triad Stage world premiere of Radiunt Abundunt.