I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel, who was my first real acting teacher. Joan was also good friends with my friend Susie Landau Finch, who had first encouraged me to consider acting, so that's how I began studying.

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.

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