She attended Northwestern University and spent a year performing with Holiday on Ice before pursuing a career in acting.
[2] She initially began her career in New York City where she eventually got several TV commercials and off-Broadway theatre work, most notably opposite Richard Gere in a Lincoln Center production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
[1] At the advice of her agent, she relocated to Los Angeles where she would get roles in television series and films.
She played Fran Castleberry, the younger sister of Polly Holliday's character on the show Flo.
[1][2] After Little House on the Prairie stopped production, she appeared in many different television shows and movies, and has performed onstage at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.