- Born and raised in South Carolina amid a privileged background, she defied her family's wish to 'marry well and complete my silver service.'
- Noted character actress of stage and film who could play down-home, middle-class or aristocratic Southern types.
- Alumna of Salem College and the North Carolina School of the Arts, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1997 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "The Last Night of Ballyhoo."
- She won an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for "Last Night of Ballyhoo" in 1997. She shared the award with Allison Janney and Deborah Findlay.
- Although she shares the same last name with Michael Weston and also portrayed a character (Arlene Niskar) who shares the same last name as Michael Weston's character (Ross Niskar) in Adam (2020), the two Westons are not related.
- Never been Married.
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