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    Age: 23

    Current Project:  playing Lucy Knight, a wide-eyed medical student - Martin calls her a "toddler doctor" - who captures Noah Wyle's attention on NBC's ER.

    Fashion philosophy:  "I'd rather buy a piece of art than spend a lot of money on something I can only wear until I'm photographed in it.  I learned that recently with probably the most expensive outfit I ever purchased - a $1,200 Dolce & Gabbana gold-colored suit.  I wore it when I was a guest on Rosie O'Donnell.  Now I can't wear it again."

    Personal history:  "I grew up in Thousand Oaks, California.  Today, I live in a guest house on my mom's [Debbie] property in L.A.  It's convenient because she helps manage my business affairs.  My dad [Doug] is a department-store buyer and also lives in L.A.  Soon I'll be shopping for another place to live in L.A. with my fiance, Keith Christian, who's a law student at Columbia University in New York."

    Breakthrough role:  "I've been on TV since I was a kid, but people started to know me ten years ago when I played Becca on ABC's Life Goes On.  I played a dweeby teen-ager, but by the end of the series, she'd become a wise, grown-up woman."

    Closet staple:  "A pair of scruffy overalls that I used to wear to the darkroom at Yale, where I studied photography for a year.  They smell like darkroom chemicals.  I love that."

    Designer duds:  "I love Cynthia Rowley and Betsey Johnson for fun, everyday clothes."

    Sexy style:  "High-heeled black boots make me feel sexy, because I'm short - 5-foot-2."

    Cosmetic cravings:  "A few years ago I wouldn't have been caught dead in blue or purple eye shadow, but I love Chanel's colored eye shadow.  I wear it with Great Lash mascara from Maybelline."

    Hair care:  "I'm addicted to products that smell good and make my hair shiny, like Kiehl's Silk Groom.  I love the smell so much htat I have to be careful not to put too much on."