Walsh went on to portray Carol Nelson in HBO's The Mind of the Married Man television series, and played Norm Macdonald's romantic interest in the sitcom The Norm Show.

She wore a fatsuit in some episodes of the show. Walsh at the HBO Post-Emmys Party in 2008.Īfter playing Cathy Buxton in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode 'Stakeout' in 1996 and Navy Lieutenant Kirstin Blair in the Law & Order episode 'Navy Blues', Walsh's first major television appearance was in 1997, when she appeared on The Drew Carey Show as Drew Carey's love interest, Nicki Fifer.

Walsh founded Boyfriend LLC, a beauty and lifestyle company, in 2010. She performed on National Public Radio in the production of the radio play Born Guilty. Later, she moved to Chicago and worked with the Piven Theatre Workshop. Walsh worked at fast-food outlets before modeling and teaching English in Japan in the 1980s. Walsh moved to New York City and joined a comedy troupe, Burn Manhattan, supporting herself by waitressing. Walsh graduated from Catalina Magnet High School and studied acting at the University of Arizona before dropping out. Her mother is of Italian descent, and her father was Irish, from Navan in County Meath. She grew up in a Catholic household in Tucson, Arizona. Walsh was born in San Jose, California, the daughter of Angela and Joseph Patrick Walsh Sr.