Marie did her first commercial with Lavar Burton for Rice Crispies cereal in 1985. By age 11, she had completed over twenty commercials, one episode on Days of Our Lives, a photo shoot/flash back for the soap opera Santa Barbara (with a young Leonardo DiCaprio), and small role in Big Top Pee Wee. She left professional acting in 1992 just before entering Jr. High School.She graduated from Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, California in 1998, the same year as actress Nicole Steinwedell. Heather Ferguson, of the Jersey Boys Original Broadway Cast, also came out the Rancho Buena Vista drama department. Show less «