Her day jobs included substitute teacher, child counselor, restaurant
hostess, personal assistant, grant writer, and murder mystery dinner
theater actress. Her first paid acting job was a Diet Dr. Pepper
commercial.
I am always sort of delightedly surprised when someone recognizes me because as far as I'm concerned, I'm just going to work and getting paid to act and that alone is fantastic, I forget people watch it too. [Interview with Style Bible, September 2010.]