She won North Carolina's Junior Miss beauty pageant and graduated from Asheville High School in 1987, Yale University in 1991, and the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University in England.
She won North Carolina's Junior Miss beauty pageant and graduated from Asheville High School in 1987. She attended Yale University where she was roommates with future director Tanya Wexler graduating in 1991, and the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University in England.