Humanitarian
1. NBC TV info series message shorts promoting Education.
2. NBC TV info message shorts against Prejudice in reference to race, color, creed, sex,
sexual orientation, etc.
3. Helps a Medical Center in the Congo
Environment
1. The Envirionmenal Media Association (EMA)
-Is on the Board of Directors
2. Is a vegetarian
-As a model, she was
doing a photo shoot in Senegal when the camera crew noted that a whale had beached itself neaby. She and the whole crew had
witnessed a mob of villagers rushing in toward the animal with axes and knives to hack it for food. She knew that the villagers
needed food, but it was the most violent scene that she had ever seen. Shortly after that event, she became a vegetarian.
Charity Work
1. She and her husband help build homes for poor families
in Mexico with their group called The Maverick Building Squad.
2. Helps run Adopt-A-Family to help the homeless.
3. A Medical Center in the Congo
-Supports the Medical Center through their fund called
"A Drop in the Bucket."
-Her husband spent the first seven years of his life
growing up in the Congo and she began to see the world differently as she traveled with him.
4. Planned Parenthood
5. Domestic Violence prevention
6. Orphange in Tijana, Mexico
-The Maverick Building Squad
helped to build a bathhouse for City of Angels and share an ongoing commitment.
Commercials
1. Dannon Yogurt in 2000
2. Cadillac Seville STS in 1998
3. Mall of America
Printed Works
Stage
1. The Vagina Monologues
-2001
2. Round Trip
-1995; Written by Oliver Hailey
-Nominated for the Artistic Director's Award
as Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1995
3. North Shore Fish
-Written by Israel Horvitz; Premier
-Also went on to star in the movie North Shore
Fish in the role she originated.
4. Bah! Humbug
5. Mame
6. Guys & Dolls
Music
1. Christmas in Rockefeller Center 2003/TV Holiday Special; Appeared as a guest who
entertained by singing.
Honors
1. Honored by "Women In Film" as a "Woman of Vision" in 2002.
-Along with Tipper Gore and Roseanne
2. Won critical aclaim for her dual roles as famous advice columnist Abigail Van Buren and Ann
Landers in 1999.
-The TV movie, Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby
story
