▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁and ▁spent ▁a ▁sem ester ▁in ▁Str at ford ▁on ▁Av on ▁studying ▁with ▁the ▁Royal ▁Shakespeare ▁Company , ▁where ▁she ▁played ▁the ▁character ▁Gon er il ▁in ▁King ▁Lear . ▁After ▁joining ▁the ▁Sh en ando ah ▁Shakespeare ▁Express ▁she ▁went ▁on ▁tour ▁and ▁played ▁Jul iet ▁in ▁Rome o ▁& ▁Jul iet . ▁ ▁After ▁leaving ▁the ▁tour , ▁while ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁that ▁she ▁took ▁the ▁big ▁step ▁away ▁from ▁Shakespeare . ▁Ch amb ers ▁was ▁sp otted ▁by ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁commercial ▁ag ency ▁who ▁quickly ▁signed ▁her ▁up , ▁and ▁by ▁pure ▁accident ▁ended ▁up ▁signing ▁with ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁model ing ▁agent ▁too . ▁However , ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁until ▁she ▁met ▁her ▁acting ▁agent ▁Peter ▁( who ▁has ▁ag encies ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁Los ▁Angeles ) ▁during ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁show case ▁that ▁her ▁acting ▁career ▁started ▁to ▁acceler ate . ▁ ▁Ch amb ers ▁became ▁best ▁known ▁to ▁soap ▁fans ▁as ▁Maria ▁Tor res ▁on ▁the ▁N BC ▁soap ▁opera ▁Sun set ▁Beach ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁Ch amb ers ▁was ▁cast ▁on ▁MTV ' s ▁first ▁and ▁only ▁soap ▁opera ▁Sp y der ▁Games . ▁She ▁played ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁de vious ▁Taylor ▁Jones , ▁who ▁ended ▁being ▁the ▁k iller ▁in ▁the ▁murder ▁mystery ▁that ▁carried ▁the ▁show ▁from ▁start ▁to ▁end . ▁ ▁In