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1982: Moved to New York City to pursue advertising career; began modeling
for Wilhelmina agency and appearing in over 20 national TV commercials.
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1983: Debut as a TV series
regular on the CBS primetime soap, "Emerald Point, N.A.S."
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1983: Made feature acting
debut in Blake Edwards' remake of Truffaut's "The Man Who Loved Women"
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1983: Moved to Los Angeles;
began studying acting,
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1986: Featured as Tom
Hanks's love interest in Garry Marshall's gripping comedy-drama "Nothing in
Common"
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1987: Co-starred in the
actioner "Steele Justice" and featured in the supernatural comedy "Hello,
Again"•
1987: Guest starred on the
NBC sitcom "Night Court"
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1987: Starred in the TV-movies
"Cameo by Night" (NBC) and "The King of Love" (ABC)
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1989: Co-starred in the
CBS TV-movie "Bridesmaids"
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1989: Starred as the
titlular heiress in the USA TV-movie thriller "The Haunting of Sarah Hardy"
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1990: Appeared in the "Christine
Cromwell" mystery telepic "In Vino Veritas" (ABC) and Showtime's "Rainbow
Drive"
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1991: Starred in the USA
Network thriller "Child of Darkness, Child of Light"
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1991:
Had
starring role as Teddy Reed, the alcoholic black sheep of the family in the
NBC drama series "Sisters"; garnered Emmy Award in 1994.
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1992: Played a lawyer
defending her husband's ex-lover charged with murder in the Showtime drama "Double
Jeopardy"•
1993: Played murder
victim Helen Kimble, the wife of Harrison Ford's falsely accused Dr Richard
Kimble, in the blockbuster feature adaptation "The Fugitive"
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1993: Starred as a woman
who captures the hearts of two men, one a hitman, the other a US Department of
Justice investigator, who turn out to be brothers in the NBC movie "Killer
Rules"•
1995: Received praise for
her portrayal of TV anchorwoman Jessica Savitch in the Lifetime movie "Almost
Golden"
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1997: Starred in the
Showtime TV-movie drama "Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women"
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1998: Featured in "54",
Mark Christopher's nostalgic portrait of New York hotspot Studio 54
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1999: Returned to series
work as a divorced mother venturing into the dating pool in the ABC drama
series "Once and Again"; garnered 2000 Emmy Award; received a 2001 nomination
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1999: Had a cameo in Garry
Marshall's romantic comedy "Runaway Bride"
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1999: Had a starring role
in the CBS TV-movie "Passion's Way"
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2000: Featured in a series of commercials for Sprint
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2000: Had leading role and
served as executive produer of the CBS TV-movie "Catch a Falling Star"
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2002: Starred with Billy
Bob Thornton and Patricia Arquette in "The Badge"
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2004: Played Dennis
Quaid's wife in Roland Emmerich's "The Day After Tomorrow"
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2004: Played the mother in
"Dirty Dancing:Havana Nights"
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2005: Joined the cast of the medical
drama "House" (Fox) in its sophomore season
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2006: Will play Kevin
Costner's wife in "The Guardian," a rescue swimming drama directed by Andrew
Davis (lensed 2005)
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