- Won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress In A Revue in Chicago. She also received the Drama Logue Award for her stage show "An Evening With The Fine Line".
- Her comedy classes for kids and teens have been cited as the best in Los Angeles by New Times Los Angeles.
- She has had several opinion pieces published in newspapers and magazines, including articles for UPI, The Arizona Republic and American Enterprise Magazine.
- She is the youngest of six children that span over a 20 year age range.
- Her mother Mary Gurrie Rhoads was a newspaper reporter and columnist back in Chicago.
- Her brother Mark Rhoads is a former Illinois State Senator.
- She was a member of Chicago's famous improv comedy troupe, The Second City National Touring Company.
- Raised in Western Springs. When she was a sophomore at Lyons Township High school she appeared in a variety revue called "The Corral Show" with senior, David Hasselhoff.
- She has also written for National Review Online.
- She was awarded the 1983 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Revue for "The Fine Line" at the Fine Stars Two Company in Chicago, Illinois.
- She currently has an acting school in Washington D.C. area that she founded in 2009.
- Graduated from University of Iowa in Iowa City.
- In 2017, she decided to change her status in SAG/AFTRA to Financial Core as she moved to Virginia. However, as a SAG member she appeared in many network and film projects in Hollywood and may still do union work.
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