Anecdotes

Got the role of "Susan Lawrence" in Big (1988) after Debra Winger withdrew due to pregnancy.

Has a daughter, Hannah Jo Phillips (born 9/1/91) with Maurice Phillips.

Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2001.

Suffers from fear of flying.

Her father wrote for "The Saturday Evening Post", "Playboy" and the Times Mirror Co. Her secret ambition is to be a writer.

Graduated with a BFA acting certificate from DePaul University in Chicago in 1981.

Loves scary movies, especially those in Les Autres (2001) genre.

Her paternal grandparents were Greek, and the family's surname was originally "Pisperikos". Her mother's family had British Isles ancestry.

Stepmother of three teenage boys: Max Macat, Andreas Macat and Alexander Macat.

Loves animals. Has one dog named Buster and another named Lulu.

Listed as one of 12 Promising New Actors of 1986 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38.

She was nominated for a 1986 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "Lydia Breeze", at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Played Opal in the original pilot for the tv show M.Y.O.B. (2000) but the role was later re-cast.

Two older sisters.

Mentioned in The 2,000-Year-Old Virgin (2014).

Manager is Cynthia Pett-Dante.