She studied at Needham B. Broughton High School, where she was a classmate of fellow actor Colin Fickes. She also went to Boston University. She is known for her roles as Judy Kramer in Point Pleasant a short-lived 2005 series on FOX, and as Marcy Bender in Dawson's Creek. For three years she was Marina Cooper in the soap opera, Guiding Light, a role which earned her a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination in 2003 for "Outstanding Newcomer" . She appears in the upcoming television series Women's Murder Club.