First Time I Ever Saw Her...
Was in the movie MR HOLLAND'S OPUS; she played a gawky and rather homely girl trying desperately to learn to play the clarinet; she has a single scene with Richard Dreyfuss that is startling in its depth.
When she turned up on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" I had to go to IMDb to make sure it was the same person. I NEVER thought that awkward teenager would grow up beautiful, but she did, and she sharpened her acting chops along the way as well. I only wish she had been on CI longer because I was not wild about Julianne Nicholson, at least not at first.
Oh God. There's nothing more inconvenient than an old queen with a head cold!