An American actress Armenian descent, born in New York. She appeared on TV shows and spent three years of her childhood on Anna Maria Island and two years in Guam. Her mother was a dancer with American Ballet Theatre, while her father a pianist at The Metropolitan Opera House. Her grandmother Catherine Brinker Lee was a radio actress who was married to Manfred B. Lee, one of the authors of the "Ellery Queen" mystery books. She is known for Crash (2004) and Bringing Out the Dead (1999).