Made a name for herself portraying Cory McNamara in the USA crime drama Pacific Blue. She would then play Victoria Townsend in the series The O.C.
Her early career began in 1985 when she competed as Miss Oklahoma in the All-American Teen Pageant. She would ultimately lose in the finals to then-unknown Halle Berry.
She has had small roles in a number of feature films including Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Crimes of the Mind, and Black Scorpion.
She was born in Amarillo, Texas, to Virginia Demorest and Harold Trickey. She has a sister named Karla. From 1996 to 2010, she was married to Rich Thurber. They had a daughter named McKenna.
In her tenure on Pacific Blue, she appeared alongside Jim Davidson and Darlene Vogel.
