Career

Cornell graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida in 1986. Cornell made small guest appearances on two television series: Gabriel's Fire and Thirtysomething, as well as several made-for-TV movies. She appeared in the 1988 comedy film Married to the Mob, but her most famous and first starring role came shortly afterwards in the horror film hits Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Rachel Carruthers.

After her initial success in the late 1980s, Cornell disappeared from films. She eventually rejoined the industry as an executive producer of 1998's Free Enterprise and 2000's The Specials. (She also had acting roles in each of those films.) Her disappearance was so complete that she was featured in a VH1 "Where Are They Now?" special. In 2003, she returned to her horror roots by appearing in House of the Dead and was slated to appear in four more horror films through 2006.

She was set to appear in 1992's A League of Their Own, but had to drop out of the film when she became pregnant.

Personal life

She and her husband, Mark Gottwald, have two daughters named Grace and Rose. She is also co-founder of Mindfire Entertainment. She and her husband also own Ship's Inn, a restaurant in Massachusetts.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Married to the Mob	Pushy Reporter
	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Rachel Carruthers
1989	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	Rachel Carruthers
1990	Chips, the War Dog	Kathy Lloyd	TV movie
1999	Free Enterprise	Suzanne Crawford	also Executive Producer
2000	The Specials	Linda	uncredited
2003	House of the Dead	Jordan Casper
2005	All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos	Sarah White
2006	House of the Dead 2	Col. Jordan Casper	TV movie
	The Darkroom	Dr. Allen
	Dead Calling	Tina Prescott
	The Thirst	Nurse Linda
	Room 6	Sarah
	Dead and Deader	Dr. Adams	TV movie
2009	Reconciliation	Ellie
2011	Caught on Tape	Wagner

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	thirtysomething	Andrea	(Episode "Tenure")
1989	ABC Afterschool Specials	Patty Adams	(Episode "Just Tipsy, Honey")
1990	Gabriel's Fire	Student	(Episode "The Descent")
2010	The Event	Maria Olsen	(Episode " I Haven't Told You Everything")
2011	Female Fatales	Janet Wright	(Episode "Angel & Demons")

Producer

• Free Enterprise (1998) executive producer, as Ellie Gottwald
• Where No Fan Has Gone Before: The Making of Free Enterprise (1999) executive producer, as Ellie Gottwald
• The Specials (2000)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]