- Is a licensed registered nurse.
- Holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Education.
- Favorite films: Gone With the Wind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Best Years of Our Lives.
- High school head cheerleader.
- Discovered by John Jackson, Casting Director, for Alexander Payne's "Nebraska.".
- Is of Danish, German, English, and Scots-Irish descent.
- Has one son, Bruce.
- Grew up attending Sidney Iowa Championship Rodeo and the Nebraska State Fair.
- Salutatorian of high school graduating class.
- Daughter of a meat-packer and an Avon lady.
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