Born as Grace Lee Bustos in Los Angeles, California, she appeared in background and supporting roles in the drama Boogie Nights (1997, with Michael Jace, Mike Gunther, and Coleman McClary), the television comedy Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time (1998), the short film Building Bridges (2000), the comedy Orange County (2002, with George Murdock, Manu Intiraymi, and David Doty), and the television series Providence (2002, with Michael Ensign, Jeffrey Nordling, and Mary Stein) and My Name is Earl (2006).