Life and career

Before television roles, Toussaint worked as a model, and appeared in the 1984 music video for Bon Jovi's song "She Don't Know Me", Bob Seger's 1986 song "Like a Rock", and in the 1987 music video for SAGA's song "Only Time Will Tell".

From 1988 to 1989, she was a recurring cast member in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas as Tracey Lawton, and from 1996 to 1997 in The WB primetime soap opera Savannah. Toussaint also appeared in Cheers, Star Trek: The Next Generation (as Ishara Yar in the episode "Legacy", 1990), Melrose Place, Matlock, Babylon 5 (episode "Revelations", 1994) and Martial Law. In July 2006, she appeared on The Young and the Restless playing Hope Wilson.

Toussaint is married to actor Jack Coleman. The couple have a daughter, Tess, born in 1999. She is often mistaken for actress Linda Hamilton. Toussaint is the elder sister of writer David Toussaint.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Berserker	Shelly
1988	Dead Heat	Lab Technician
1988	Monsters	Lisa	Episode: "Sleeping Dragon"
1988-1989	Dallas	Tracey Lawton	Recurring role, 17 episodes
1989	Growing Pains	Morgan Chase	Episode: "Coughing Boy"
1989	Booker	Jessica Barber	Episode: "Wheels and Deals - Part 1"
1990	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Ishara Yar	Episode: "Legacy"
1990	Matlock	Andrea Todd	Episode: "The Mother"
1990	MacGyver	Dawn Rigel	Episode: "The Visitor"
1991	21 Jump Street	Samantha Billings	Episode: "In the Name of Love"
1991	Cheers	Paula	Episode: "Rat Girl"
1991	Blackmail	Charlene	TV Movie
1992	Nightmare Cafe	Angela	Episode: "Dying Well Is the Best Revenge"
1992	Mann & Machine	Anna Ruggiero	Episode: "Truth or Consequences"
1992	Danger Island	Karen	TV Movie
1992	Lady Boss	Venus Maria	TV Movie
1992	Matlock	Yolanda Bergstrom	Episode: "The Legacy"
1992	Melrose Place	Colleen Patterson	Episode: "Jake vs. Jake"
1993	The Commish	Karen Welsh	Episode: "The Heart Is a Lonely Sucker"
1994	Project Shadowchaser II	Laurie Webber
1994	Green Dolphin Beat	Nicole	TV Movie
1994	Fortune Hunter	Maggie Ford	Episode: "Triple Cross"
1994	Babylon 5	Anna Sheridan	Episode: "Revelations"
1994	Breach of Conduct	Paula Waite	TV Movie
1995	The Return of Hunter	Vicki Morgan Sherry	TV Movie
1995	Legend	Beth McMillan	Episode: "Bone of Contention"
1996-1997	Savannah	Veronica Koslowski	Series regular, 34 episodes
1997	Deadly Games	Belinda	Episode: "The Ex-Girlfriend"
1998	Martial Law	Gabriella Zane	Episode: "Dead Ringers"
1999	Any Day Now	Attorney	Episode: "I'm Not Emotional"
1999	Hijack	Valerie Miller
2000	Scream 3	Female Caller	Voice
2000	Fortress 2: Re-Entry	Karen Brennick
2005	Red Eye	Lydia Keefe
2006	The Young and the Restless	Hope Adams Wilson	Guest role

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