Education: Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA;
East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina

Career: It is this role which seemingly clinched her part as Annie, an "average 'girl'", in the 1994 box office smash Speed. In 1995, director Jon Turteltaub gave Sandra her first starring role as Lucy in While You Were Sleeping, this time replacing Demi Moore, for whom the part was originally intended. That same year, Sandra rocked the box office again as Angela Bennett in The Net. 1996 will bring $6 million to Sandra's door, starring as Ellen Roark in John Grisham's A Time to Kill. Sandra's '96 schedule also includes Two If By Sea (January 12), In Love and War, and Kate and Leopald, in which she will be the star of her first production.

Awards: Yet to come

Family: to Mother, Helga (German opera singer) and Father, John (American voice coach).