While attending college at the University of California, Los Angeles, she founded Resource, a program to feed the homeless.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 27, a daughter named Colette McDermott in May 1996. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Dylan McDermott.
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 36, a daughter named Charlotte Rose McDermott on September 8, 2005. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Dylan McDermott.