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She has a remarkable relationship with Shakespeare's Hamlet. In the 1982-1983 season, she appeared on stage at the Public Theatre under the direction of Joseph Papp in the title role, making her the only female performer to take on the role in the history of the New York Shakespeare Festival. In 1990, she played "Ophelia" opposite Kevin Kline's "Hamlet". In 1999, she assailed the role of Hamlet's mother, "Gertrude", to Liev Schreiber's woeful prince. And, most recently, she again played "Gertrude" to Ethan Hawke's "Hamlet" in the 2000 film, Hamlet (2000).

Attended and graduated from the Juilliard school of music.

Was replaced on the TV sitcom Thunder Alley (1994) because the producers said that she was playing her role (Bobbi Turner) as if she were still on Broadway.

Gave birth to her 1st child, a daughter Madaket Bartkowiak, with her ex-husband Andrzej Bartkowiak. (1981)

Her father was of Italian descent.