As a result of her family moving back and forth between Dallas, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, she attended both Cherry Creek High School in Denver, Colorado, and Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas.
Daughter, Katie, born in 1999 with husband Tommy Hinkley.
Open a children's acting school in Denver, Colorado with her husband [July 2021].
No relation to stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham, despite a popular misconception.
Working on the feature film project Justice (1999), about a lawyer who runs from the Colombian mafia and corrupt U.S. marshals and attorneys assigned to protect them. Costars include JoBeth Williams and Tony Plana; the film is written and directed by Jack Ersgard (Mandroid (1993)). (1998)