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Remained close friends with Richard Mulligan until his 2000 death.

Daughter of Thomas Wesley Overall, Jr. and wife Frances Bernard. She's a sixth cousin once removed to Barack Obama.

Is Type I Diabetic.

She loves the movie The Long Riders (1980), so much, she once vowed to meet all the brothers who starred in the film.

She was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Psychopathia Sexualis" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

A self-described liberal and environmental activist, she has been openly vocal and critical of the Bush Administration and has participated at various rallies during 2003 regarding nuclear power plants and the Middle East war.