She began her professional on-camera career in 1981 and went on to appear in guest starring or recurring roles on such television shows as, “Hill Street Blues”, “This is the Life”, “Cagney & Lacey”, “Miami Vice”, “St. Elsewhere”, “Matlock”, “Martin”, “Touched By an Angel”, and “Strong Medicine”. She also starred in the films, “A Thin Line Between Love and Hate”, “Eve’s Bayou”, and “The Rebound”, among other projects. She received an Emmy Award for her performance in the television movie, “The Josephine Baker Story”.
