Born in Waco, Texas, Peri Gilpin grew up in Dallas, where her family
encouraged her acting abilities. After studying at the Dallas Theater
Center, she pursued acting at the University of Texas at Austin and
then at London's British-American Academy. She appeared in guest roles
on such popular situation comedies as Sugarbaker's: Mann muss nicht sein (1986), Cheers (1982) and Überflieger (1990),
where she worked with the late producer, Roz Doyle, the namesake of her
character on Frasier (1993).
