This person was born on the 13 th November 1955 in New York. She was only 8 years old when she first performed at the Helena Rubenstein Children's Theatre . Then she attended the prestigious High School for Performing Arts, but while she was there she got into the drug scene and ended up dropping out due to her herion addiction. She did manage to get some small parts in some Broadway productions such as Hair, Pippin and Jesus Christ Superstar . While trying to get into Hollywood she supported herself doing jobs such as a bricklayer and a make-up artist in a funeral parlour. Then in 1985 she made her Hollywood debut in a Steven Spielberg film .

In the late 80's her films were only marginal hits playing characters such as Bernice Rhodenbarr - Burglar, Rita Rizzoli - Fatal Beauty, Vashti Blue - The Telephone, Clara Mayfield - Clara's Heart and Sarah Collins - Kiss Shot.

In the 90's her movie career picked up playing characters such as Odessa Carter - The Long Walk Home, Rose Schwartz - Soap Dish, Deloris Van Cartier - Sister Act 1&2, Sarah Matthews - Made In America, Laurel Ayres - The Associate, Deliah Abraham - How Stella Got Her Groove Back & Valerie Owens - Girl,Interrupted. She has also done her own laid back talk show for Television and has starred in a TV series as the character Dr Vivien Morgan - A Knight In Camelot.

She was also the first woman to host the Academy Awards in 1994. her career was still going strong in 2000 in roles such as Judge Cameo - The Adventures Of Rocky & Bulwinkle, Terry Harrison – What Makes A Family & Vera Barker - Rat Race.

And finally her most famous roles were firstly as the character Terry Doolittle in the spy thriller/ comedy Jumping Jack Flash which was one of the films that helped her career to take off. And secondly was when she starred along side Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore as the character Oda Mae Brown in the Blockbuster film Ghost. She is of course: