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Her multiple film and television credits include: <em>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/em>, <em>Happy Endings<\/em>, <em>In Plain Sight<\/em>, <em>Switched at Birth<\/em>, <em>Castle<\/em>, <em>The Mentalist<\/em>, <em>Warehouse 13<\/em>, <em>Private Practice<\/em>, <em>Boston Public<\/em>, <em>Revenge of the Bridesmaids<\/em> (with Raven-Symone) and this Christmas&#8217;s <em>Steven Spielberg&#8217;s West Side Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to performing, she has directed and\/or choreographed productions of <em>Chicago<\/em>, <em>Into the Woods<\/em>, <em>Shrek<\/em>, <em>Grease<\/em>, and <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>. 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