[citation needed] After her junior year, she moved to Troy, Illinois and attended Triad High School where she was active in the drama club and graduated from there in 1979.
In 1981, Walker was cast in her first acting job on a daytime serial as Liza Colby on the ABC Television soap opera, All My Children.
[citation needed] In 1984, Walker created another popular soap opera role in the form of Eden Capwell on Santa Barbara.
Her character simply decided to take her daughter to live out of reach from her controlling ex-husband Adam Chandler, played by David Canary.
[citation needed] According to Soap Opera Digest magazine, Walker was at first hesitant to go on a recurring basis, but later warmed to the idea.
Walker appeared again in January 2005, when her character assisted Babe Carey Chandler and Jamie Martin, in their attempt to flee from Adam's wrath.
[citation needed] Former head writer Megan McTavish spoke to the soap media and publicly thanked Walker for working without a contract, but also hinted that she did not intend for Liza to return to the show any time soon.
[citation needed] After Walker left All My Children, she decided to accept a position in Christian ministry based in Huntersville, North Carolina.
[citation needed] In addition to her work with daytime soap operas, Walker has starred in several movies of the week, including The Return of Desperado, Bar Girls, Midnight's Child, and Terror In the Shadows.