Studied at the Moscow Art Theater Institute at Harvard and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
Was pregnant with her second child while the second season of Breaking Bad (2008) was in production.
Attended University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, and earned a BFA in Acting in 1996.
Is of German descent.
Has two children with her husband Grady Olsen: a daughter named Josephine Olsen, born in 2005, and a son named Freddie Olsen, born in 2008.
On two of her television shows, Betsy's characters had a spouse named Hank. "Hank Schrader" on AMC's Breaking Bad, and "Hank Rizzoli" on NBC's Parenthood.