She became famous for her role Frau Farbissina in the hit Austin Powers films. In 2000 she played the role of Clarnella in the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In 2013, she provided voices for multiple characters in Monsters University.
She began learning how to act when she was 13.
She played roles on the Disney Channel shows That's So Raven, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and A.N.T. Farm.
She married and had one child with Brian Gadson.
In Desperate Housewives, she played Mitzi Kinsky alongside Teri Hatcher.
