An American actress, born on June 10, 1963, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After graduating in 1981 from Edison High School in Tulsa, she spent one semester studying at the University of Tulsa, then she went on to study in the Juilliard School's Drama Division. She began her acting career on stage, then she made her cinematic debut in Basic Instinct (1992). Her other notable films include The Firm (1993), Waterworld (1995), and Sliding Doors (1998).