A Canadian actress. After beginning her career on stage, she achieved fame on the 1990s television series Party of Fiveand subsequently appeared in leading roles in several Hollywood films, including the Scream horror trilogy, The Craft and Wild Things. Following the last of the Scream series, she appeared in several films that received a limited theatrical release but were well reviewed by critics, including the 2000 film Panic, in which she appeared alongside William H. Macy and Donald Sutherland, the 2003 film The Company, about Chicago's Joffrey Ballet, and the independent film When Will I Be Loved.