Birthday: Oct. 28, 1965.
Birthplace: Chicago.
Occupation: Actress.
Current home: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Marital status: Married for three years to Tony Ressler.
Car: A 1988 white Jeep.
Working on: Sibs on ABC, and a movie, Jersey Girls, coming out in February.
The book I’ve been reading is: The Kitchen God’s Wife, by Amy Tan.
Favorite childhood memory: Every July Fourth my father would do a flag ceremony, and all the kids in the neighborhood would march behind him, singing patriotic songs.
Personal heroes: Golda Meir, Barbra Streisand and my mother.
I wish I could stop: Eating doughnuts.
I’d give anything to meet: Henry Kissinger.
The worst part of my job is: The loneliness. When I’m on location, I might spend three months in a hotel by myself. It gets pretty depressing.
My fantasy is: I’m in Paris, and I’m very wealthy. I’m like the Parisian women –I eat, but I never gain weight.
If I could change one thing about myself, I: Wouldn’t worry so much about making everyone around me happy.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Geeky. I was part of the drama club and the smart kids. I was never the cheerleader type.
I knew I was a grown-up when I: Bought my first expensive Armani outfit.
My most irrational act: I once got on a plane to fly to Dallas to see a guy whom I had just started dating. It turned out horribly.
Behind my back, my friends say: “She’s prissy.”
When people first meet me, they think: “She’s a nice Jewish girl.”
The words that best describe me: Funny, smart, good cook.
