hɜː fˈɜːst mˈeɪn səpˈoːɹɾɪŋ ɹˈoʊl kˈeɪm ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt æz dʒˈuːdi ɪnðɪ əbskjˈʊɹ kˈɑːmədi dˈɪksi lˈeɪnz ænd hæd hɜː fˈɜːst lˈiːd ɹˈoʊl dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðæt sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ wɛn ʃiː plˈeɪd saɪkˈɑːɾɪk sˈɪɹiəl kˈɪlɚɹ ˈændʒələ bˈeɪkɚɹ ɪnðə lˈoʊ bˈʌdʒɪt kˈʌlt hˈɔɹɚ slˈiːpəwˌeɪ kˈæmp ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː: ʌnhˈæpi kˈæmpɚz, ɐ ɹˈoʊl ʃiː ɹᵻpɹˈaɪzd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn slˈiːpəwˌeɪ kˈæmp ɹˌoʊmən θɹˈiː: tˈiːneɪdʒ wˈeɪstlənd.
Her first main supporting role came in 1988 as Judy in the obscure comedy Dixie Lanes and had her first lead role during that same year when she played psychotic serial killer Angela Baker in the low budget cult horror Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, a role she reprised in 1989's Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.