Born in Fountain Valley, this native Californian beauty admits that before she could barely walk she found herself glued to the TV watching her favorite shows and then re-enact all her favorite scenes as her very patient father would video tape each and very performance from beginning to end. By the age of 5 Stephanie finally convinced her mother into signing her up for a children's theater camp where she quickly became the star attraction in almost every production. One of her fondest memories was beating out 20 other kids for the lead role in "Chicken Little" on the last day of camp. As she later tell Forest Kimler of the Orange County Register, "I still laugh when I think about how important that dumb little role turned out to be. It gave me all the encourage I'd ever need in my pursuit for a life in show business". By the time she reached Manhatten Beach Middle School Stephanie was a regular fixture in practically every school production like the lead in both "Macbeth" and "Othello" Other favorites included, The Nutcracker", "A Christmas Carol", "Alice in "Wonderland, "The Wizard of Oz" and of course Cinderella" not exactly what she imagined for herself after all the adolescent years spent in front of a Television set. But she admits the classics served as some of the best training and challenges in her young acting career. Much like elementary school, her high school years at Laguna Hills was a continuation of one theatrical production after another. Shortly after graduating from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Theater Arts she promptly headed back to the mainland where she would make an all assault on the film/TV industry. She quickly landed a nice role in the film "One Bad day", followed closely behind by parts in :Behind the Nine" and a nice recurring role on the ABC soap "All My Children". Other works include "Ray of Sunshine", "Life on a Stick" and the NBC Soap "Passions" For one young California beauty named Stephanie, her career and the lights of Hollywood look very bright. Show less «