Personal life

Walters was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to American parents. She was partly raised there and in the Netherlands.

Walters attended high school at Lake Forest Academy-Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois.

She was married to actor-producer Christopher Scotellaro from 1990-1994. She was married to Nip/Tuck actor Dylan Walsh from 1996-2003. The couple had two children Thomas (born April 30, 1996) and Joanna (born November 19, 1997) together before divorcing in 2003.

In June 2008, she married cinematographer Alex Vendler. In September 2010, she filed for divorce.

Career

Cast several times by Paul Thomas Anderson, Walters has appeared in Hard Eight, Boogie Nights (as Jessie St. Vincent), and Magnolia (as Claudia Wilson Gator). She has also appeared on such television shows as Roseanne, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and CSI.

In 2003, Walters portrayed Lila in Cold Mountain, and in 2004, played Andrea Treborn in the The Butterfly Effect. She guest-starred as Sylvia Greene on Desperate Housewives in 2007 and played the role of Wanda Hendrickson in the HBO drama Big Love.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Genre
1989	Dead Poets Society	Gloria
1989	Rude Awakening	Punky
1990	Underground	Prostitute
1992	Beethoven	Pet Shop Owner
1993	America's Deadliest Home Video	Gloria
1993	Twenty Bucks	The Stripper/Funeral Director
1994	Cabin Boy	Trina
1994	All Tied Up	Bliss
1994	Ed Wood	Secretary #2
1996	Hard Eight	Jimmy's Girl
1996	Eraser	Darleen
1996	American Strays	Cindy
1997	Los Locos	Allison
1997	Boogie Nights	Jessie St. Vincent
1999	Magnolia	Claudia Wilson Gator
2001	Speaking of Sex	Melinda
2001	Rain	Ellen
2002	WiseGirls	Kate
2002	Desert Saints	Bennie Harper
2003	Melvin Goes to Dinner	Trenice, Melvin's Girlfriend
2003	The Big Empty	Candy
2003	Matchstick Men	Heather, Roy's Ex-Wife
2003	Cold Mountain	Lila
2004	The Butterfly Effect	Andrea Treborn
2007	Brothers Three: An American Gothic	Loren
2008	Harrison Montgomery	Margo Fleming
2008	bgFATLdy	Katelan Beacon
2008	Dark Yellow	Woman
2009	Hurt	Helen Coltrane
2010	Case 219	Victoria Lash
2010	Shit Year	Shelly
2010	Love Ranch	Janelle
2011	The River Murders	Agent Glover
2011	Missing Pieces	Delia Greenly
2012	The Master	Band (voice)
2013	Short Term 12	Dr. Hendler
2013	Underdogs	Nancy Smith-Burkett
2014	The Young Kieslowski	Barbara Kieslowski
2015	Sugar Mountain	Tracy Huxley
2015	Sex, Death and Bowling	Evie

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Roseanne	Debbie
1990	How to Murder a Millionaire
1991	The Wonder Years	Waitress	Season 4 Episode 16
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Star
1993	Telling Secrets	Karen Blake
1994	Dead Man's Revenge	Bunny
1994	Midnight Run for Your Life	Lorna Bellstratten
1994	Seinfeld	Jane	"The Hamptons"
1998	L.A. Doctors	Felicity
1998	Twice Upon a Time	Alannah Merribone	television film
2002	Push, Nevada	Grace
2003	Threat Matrix	Lia 'Lark' Larkin
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sage
2006-2010	Big Love	Wanda Henrickson
2007	Desperate Housewives	Sylvia Greene
2012	Californication	Tyler's Mom
2014	Rake	Jan Falcon
2015	Criminal Minds	Paige	Episodes: "Protection" and "The Hunt"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]