Her first big break in show business was her role on the television program Saved By The Bell, as a nice girl teen. This was very different from her next major role, as a duplicitous vixen on Beverly Hills, 90210. She later starred in the short-lived action show Fastlane.
Her transition to movies has not gone well so far, as most of her movies, including Love Stinks, have been critically panned. In 2002, she appeared in the film Hollywood Ending by Woody Allen.
In 1999, her boyfriend David Strickland committed suicide.