Career

In 1990, Marshall had a guest role as Iris West, the love interest of Flash (Barry Allen) on the short lived Flash TV Series in the opening pilot episode. Then, in 1991, she guest-starred on Superboy with a young Clark Kent before he called himself Superman, playing the villainous Christina Riley, a woman who is, in secret, a werewolf. Both series are part of DC Comics media. In 1992, Marshall had a three-episode guest role on The Wonder Years and later guest-starred on shows such as Seinfeld, Nash Bridges, Grapevine and Diagnosis: Murder. Later on in 1992, she starred in the movie Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, as "Terri". In 1994, she got her first sitcom role on Wild Oats. In 1995 Marshall started in the science fiction cult classic TV Movie W.E.I.R.D. World (directed by William Maloneas) as Dr. Abby O'Reardon, an evil scientist who rejuvenates her boss (and later becomes his mother) and is bent in turning grown men into babies. After a few years in B movies, Marshall gained a role on a second series, 1997's Chicago Sons. In the same year, she landed a recurring role on Spin City and starred alongside Bette Midler and Dennis Farina in the film That Old Feeling, where her character fell in love with one played by Danny Nucci.

Marshall has also been cast in several pilots that were not picked up, including the Elizabeth Lackey series Cooking Lessons and Rob Thomas's Sticks.

Marshall's third television series, Rob Thomas's Cupid, premiered in 1998. It featured her as Dr. Claire Allen, a psychiatrist supervising a man named Trevor (Jeremy Piven) who thinks he is Cupid. Marshall then joined David E. Kelley's Snoops, about an unconventional detective agency.

In 2000, Marshall returned to television screens: first with a three-episode guest appearance as a porn star and love interest for Jeremy (Joshua Malina) on Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night, and then in her fifth TV series, Cursed (a.k.a. The Weber Show). In 2002, she guest starred on Just Shoot Me! as the daughter of actress Wendie Malick's character, Nina Van Horn.

Marshall's sixth series, Hidden Hills, was an offbeat comedy about three families in suburbia. Marshall also had in a secondary role in the Steve Martin-Bonnie Hunt remake of Cheaper by the Dozen and a cameo appearance in Break a Leg, which starred her husband Danny Nucci.

In 2004, Marshall appeared in an episode of Alicia Silverstone's Miss Match, but the series was cancelled before it aired. In October, she had a four-episode role in the new series Veronica Mars (created by Cupid's Rob Thomas), which she reprised toward the end of season two. Marshall's next main role came in the sitcom Out of Practice.

In 2007, Marshall appeared in the Showtime series Californication. She also was seen in the FX series Nip/Tuck, as an insecure actress who dated Dr. Sean McNamara.

In 2008, Marshall joined the James Woods crime drama Shark as a recurring character.

Marshall starred on the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried. She and Jay Mohr played a divorced couple sparring while trying to be loving parents to their two kids. The show was her first to be picked up for a second season.

Marshall had a guest role in the hit drama House, playing Julia, sister of Lisa Cuddy.

In 2012, Marshall guest starred in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She played the role of Kathy Veck, owner of an oil company.

In 2013, Marshall guested starred in 2 episodes of Two And A Half Men as Alan Harper's transgender girlfriend, Paula.

Personal life

Marshall was born in Rockville, Maryland; she graduated in 1982 from Robert E. Peary High School in Rockville.

Marshall married actor Danny Nucci in 2003; she gave birth to her first child in March 2005.

Her older brother is Virginia politician Bob Marshall.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth	Terri/Dreamer/Skinless Sandy
1993	Warlock: The Armageddon	Samantha Ellison
1994	New Age, TheThe New Age	Alison Gale
1996	Family Thing, AA Family Thing	Karen
1997	That Old Feeling	Molly De Mora
	Gun, a Car, a Blonde, AA Gun, a Car, a Blonde	Deborah
1998	Thursday	Christine
2003	Cheaper by the Dozen	Tina Shenk
2005	Break a Leg	Alice on Cell Phone
2007	I Know Who Killed Me	Marnie Toland
2008	Helping Hand	Michelle	Short film
2010	Greetings	Julie	Short film
	Miss Nobody	Cynthia Bardo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	True Blue	Lisa	Episode: "Hickory, Dickory, Dock"
	Mancuso, F.B.I.	Eve	Episode: "Adamant Eve"
	Flash, TheThe Flash	Iris West	Episode: "Pilot"
1991	Superboy	Christina Riley	Episode: "Werewolf"
	Dinosaurs	Cavewoman	Episode: "Employee of the Month"
1992	Grapevine	Fran	Episode: "The Fran and Joey Story"
	Life Goes On	Jill Gordon	Episodes: "Love Letters", "Windows", "Babes in the Woods"
	Wonder Years, TheThe Wonder Years	Bonnie Douglas	Episodes: "Wayne and Bonnie", "Let Nothing You Dismay"
1993	Wonder Years, TheThe Wonder Years	Bonnie Douglas	Episode: "New Years"
	Seinfeld	Sharon	Episode: "The Outing"
	Lost in the Wild	Jill Houston	TV film
	Full Eclipse	Liza	TV film
	Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives, AA Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives	Margo / Debra Walters	TV film
1994	Diagnosis: Murder	Cindy Martin	Episode: "Flashdance with Death"
	Wild Oats	Shelly Thomas	Main role (6 episodes)
1995	W.E.I.R.D. World	Dr. Abby O'Reardon	TV film
1996	Nash Bridges	Eve	Episodes: "Home Invasion", "Night Train"
1997	Single Guy, TheThe Single Guy	Isabella	Episode: "Grandfather Clause"
	Chicago Sons	Lindsay Sutton	Main role (13 episodes)
1997-1998	Spin City	Laurie Parres	Recurring role (7 episodes)
1998-1999	Cupid	Dr. Claire Allen	Main role (15 episodes)
1999	Snoops	Dana Plant	Main role (10 episodes)
2000	Sports Night	Jenny	Episodes: "Celebrities", "The Local Weather", "Draft Day: Part 2 - The Fall of Ryan O'Brian"
2000-2001	Cursed	Katie	Recurring role (9 episodes)
2001	Second to None		TV film
2002	Just Shoot Me!	Chloe	Episodes: "Nina Van Mom", "Nina Van Grandma"
2002-2003	Hidden Hills	Dr. Janine Barber	Main role (17 episodes)
2003	Miss Match	Kathryn Hammond	Episode: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"
	Alligator Point	Emma	TV film
2004	Cooking Lessons	Brett	TV film
2004-2006	Veronica Mars	Rebecca James	Episodes: "Meet John Smith", "You Think You Know Somebody", "Clash of the Tritons", "I Am God"
2005-2006	Out of Practice	Dr. Regina Barnes	Main role (22 episodes)
2007	Manchild	Laura	TV film
2007-2008	Nip/Tuck	Kate Tinsley	Recurring role (7 episodes)
	Californication	Sonja	Recurring role (9 episodes)
2008	Shark	Jordan Westlake	Episodes: "Bar Fight", "Leaving Las Vegas", "One Hit Wonder"
2008-2010	Gary Unmarried	Allison Brooks	Main role (37 episodes)
2011	Little in Common	Ellie Weller	TV film
	House	Julia Cuddy	Episodes: "Family Practice", "Bombshells", "Moving On"
	Friends with Benefits	Claire Prater	Episode: "The Benefit of Being Shallow"
	Exes, TheThe Exes	Katy	Episode: "Working Girl"
2012	Widow Detective	Jill	TV film
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ms. Kathy Veck	Episode: "Dune and Gloom"
2013	Two and a Half Men	Paula	Episodes: "Numero Uno Accidente Lawyer", "On Vodka, on Soda, on Blender, on Mixer!"
2014	Murder in the First	Barbara Wilkerson	Recurring role
	Major Crimes	Jen O'Hara	Episode: "Leap of Faith"
2016	The Soul Man	Linda Saxby	Episode: "This Mud's for You"

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