Graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where she was also a gymnast.
As a teenager, she attended the prestigious Piven Theatre Workshop, a Chicago area school, which was also the training ground for Jeremy Piven, John Cusack, Joan Cusak, Aidan Quinn, and others.
Studied for 2 years at the world famous Players Workshop of Second City in Chicago.
Does retro style pin-up or cheesecake modeling (Vargas, Elvgren, Petty) under the handle "Cricket LaClaire". Cricket is a nickname she received as a child, and LaClaire is an anagram of her first and middle name.