Early life

Warner was born in Manhattan on February 9, 1965. Her mother, Naomi (née Bernstein), is a literary agent, an independent marketing consultant, and a licensing director. Her father, Neil Warner, is a jingle composer, a pianist, and an arranger. Her paternal grandfather was Hollywood composer Jack Shilkret, the brother of composer Nathaniel Shilkret. Warner attended the Dalton School at age twelve. There she met an agent who advised Warner to consider acting. Shortly thereafter, Warner landed a role on the soap opera Guiding Light. Warner earned a degree in theater arts from Brown University in 1987. After her graduation, Warner moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as a waitress while auditioning for acting.

Career

Warner appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation; "Booby Trap" in 1989 and "Transfigurations" in 1990.

Warner's most famous roles include her 1991 breakout co-starring performance with Michael J. Fox in Doc Hollywood, then her co-starring role with Billy Crystal in 1992's Mr. Saturday Night. She was in Indian Summer in 1993, The Puppet Masters, based on Robert A Heinlein's novel of the same name in 1994, and Tommy Boy in 1995. She played the role of Danny Lipton in the TV series Family Law, and the recurring character Megan O'Hara in Nip/Tuck. In 2005, Warner began starring as the wife to Howie Mandel in his short-lived hidden camera/situation comedy Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance and later appeared in the 2006 film Stick It. Other screen credits include a guest appearance on an episode of House MD. She starred in the 2008 Hallmark Channel movie Our First Christmas, where she plays a mother trying to navigate the difficult waters of combining two families after the deaths of her own and her new husband's spouses. In 2009, she played Rose Pinchbinder in the children's TV show True Jackson, VP in the episode "Keeping Tabs". In 2012, she guest starred in a season seven episode of Dexter, "Chemistry", as the sister of Hannah McKay's dead husband.

Personal life

In June 1995, Warner married writer-director Jonathan Prince. They have a son.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Flatliners	Joe's Woman
1991	Doc Hollywood	Vialula / 'Lou'
1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Elaine Young
1993	Indian Summer	Kelly Berman
1994	Puppet Masters, TheThe Puppet Masters	Mary Sefton
1995	Tommy Boy	Michelle Brock
1996	Wedding Bell Blues	Micki Rachel Levine
1997	White Lies	Mimi Furst
1999	Pros & Cons	Eileen
2006	Stick It	Phyllis Charis
2008	Forever Strong	Natalie Penning
2010	Radio Free Albemuth	Newscaster #1
2012	Little Women, Big Cars	Barbara
2014	Telling of the Shoes	Ellie
2015	Breaking Through	Mom / Anna
2016	Beautiful Ones, TheThe Beautiful Ones	Caterina Tancredi	Post-production
????	Unbelievable!!!!!	Female Curlisha	Post-production
2016	Chalk It Up	Dean York	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Guiding Light	Cynthia	"Tainted Evidence"
1989	21 Jump Street	Alice Greenwood	"Come from the Shadows"
1989-1990	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Christy Henshaw	"Booby Trap", "Transfigurations"
1990	Stolen: One Husband	Jennie	TV film
1990	Outsiders, TheThe Outsiders	Charlene Walker	"Breaking the Maiden"
1993	Herman's Head	Layla	"Layla - The Unplugged Version"
1995	Pride & Joy	Amy Sherman	Main role
1998	Grown-Ups	Rena	TV film
1998	Mr. Murder	Paige Stillwater	TV film
1999	Party of Five	Lauren	"The Wish", "Get Back", "Fragile"
1999-2001	Family Law	Danni Lipton	Main role
2002	Baseball Wives	Lorraine Bradley	TV film
2003	Screwball Homicide, AA Screwball Homicide	Shelly	TV film
2003	Threat Matrix	Carrie Richmond	"Alpha-126"
2003-2006	Nip/Tuck	Megan O'Hara	Recurring role
2004	Scrubs	Allison	"My Tormented Mentor"
2005	Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance	Howie's Wife	TV film
2005	Just Legal	Mrs. Ross	"Pilot", "The Runner"
2006	House	Margo Dalton	"Need to Know"
2007	Uncaged Heart	Janet Tarr	TV film
2007	Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness	Melissa	TV film
2008	Our First Christmas	Cindy Baer-Noll	TV film
2009	True Jackson, VP	Rose Pinchbinder	"Keeping Tabs"
2009	Crash	Andrea Schillo	Recurring role
2011-2012	Leap Year	Josie Hersh	"Corporate Cupid", "Five Roads", "Just Trying to Survive"
2012	Supermoms	Maggie	TV series
2012	Little Women, Big Cars 2	Barbara	TV series
2012	Dexter	Lori Randall	"Chemistry"
2013	Grey's Anatomy	Mrs. Lanz	"The End Is the Beginning of the End"
2013	Maron	Diane	"Projections"
2014	Taken Away	Barbara	TV film

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