Related to stage and screen actor John Garfield on her
grandfather, Allan Lake's side of the family.
Attended the prestigious Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City,
where she appeared in several stage productions including William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and "Love's Labours Lost", Lanford Wilson's "Hot'l Baltimore" and Luigi Pirandello's "It Is So! (If You Think So)", to name a few.